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Does science discredit religion?
Links:
"Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot"
youtu.be/wupToqz1e2g
Citations:
1. Michael Ruse (2020), "Science Discredits Religion", in "Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Religion (2nd Ed)", Wiley Blackwell, p. 193-202 (Kindle).
2. See "The Best Argument Against God" by Graham Oppy for this style of reasoning being applied to theism.
3. See "Why Evolution Is True" by Jerry Coyne
4. See "How Cognitive Dissonance Explains Christianity" by Matthew Hartke for a good example of this
youtu.be/_x8SB_gy8jg
5. Robert M Price & Jeffery Jay Lowder (2005), "The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond The Grave", Prometheus Books, Location 490-516 (Kindle). In his chapter, Michael Martin writes:
"...it is important to see that the initial probability of the Resurrection would be small even if theism were true...If theism is true, then miracles in this intervention sense are *possible* since there is a supernatural being who *could* bring them about, but it does not follow that such miracles are more likely than not to occur...Indeed, relative to background beliefs that are shared by atheists and believers alike, for example, belief in the uniformity of nature, miracles are rare events."
6. I elaborate more on my view of how we should approach miracles in my video "The #1 Reason To Doubt Christianity"
youtu.be/Te2nl1KdwwQ
7. Check out Paulogia's channel for a lot of great content explaining what's wrong with Young Earth Creationism
8. Science Discredits Religion, P. 196
9. Ibid, p. 199
10. This is a summary of Michael L. Peterson's contribution titled "Science Does Not Discredit Religion" (p. 202-212)
Does science discredit religion?
Links:
"Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot"
youtu.be/wupToqz1e2g
Citations:
1. Michael Ruse (2020), "Science Discredits Religion", in "Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Religion (2nd Ed)", Wiley Blackwell, p. 193-202 (Kindle).
2. See "The Best Argument Against God" by Graham Oppy for this style of reasoning being applied to theism.
3. See "Why Evolution Is True" by Jerry Coyne
4. See "How Cognitive Dissonance Explains Christianity" by Matthew Hartke for a good example of this
youtu.be/_x8SB_gy8jg
5. Robert M Price & Jeffery Jay Lowder (2005), "The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond The Grave", Prometheus Books, Location 490-516 (Kindle). In his chapter, Michael Martin writes:
"...it is important to see that the initial probability of the Resurrection would be small even if theism were true...If theism is true, then miracles in this intervention sense are *possible* since there is a supernatural being who *could* bring them about, but it does not follow that such miracles are more likely than not to occur...Indeed, relative to background beliefs that are shared by atheists and believers alike, for example, belief in the uniformity of nature, miracles are rare events."
6. I elaborate more on my view of how we should approach miracles in my video "The #1 Reason To Doubt Christianity"
youtu.be/Te2nl1KdwwQ
7. Check out Paulogia's channel for a lot of great content explaining what's wrong with Young Earth Creationism
8. Science Discredits Religion, P. 196
9. Ibid, p. 199
10. This is a summary of Michael L. Peterson's contribution titled "Science Does Not Discredit Religion" (p. 202-212)
