Who Made God
by Edgar Andrews | Book Summary
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Author: Edgar Andrews
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There is an argument to be made that religion and the sciences actually have crucial areas of overlap. There's an even bolder argument to be made that science, were it not for God, could not exist. The idea, then, is to engage the debate on science's terms: Christians can treat God as a hypothesis, a conjecture like any other to be tested against the demands of reality. We will not seek to prove His existence by a particular apologetic argument or some meticulous set of rational steps, but will instead hypothesize His existence, examine the nature of our reality, and see if the hypothesis holds up. If it does, then God will be shown to be a genuinely rational alternative to more typically 'scientistic' outlooks on reality. |
Edgar Andrews (BSc, PhD, DSc, FInstP, FIMMM, CEEng, CPhys) is an Emeritus Professor of Materials at the University of London. For a period, he did consulting for the American companies Dow Chemical Co. and the 3M Co. Primarily, he researches and studies the science of large molecules.
Writing frequently on the subject of the relationship between science and religion (and specifically biblical Christianity), he even debated the atheist Richard Dawkins at the 1986 Huxley Memorial Debate. His book From Nothing to Nature has been translated into ten languages.
Who Made God
by Edgar Andrews
[ Book Summary ]
| Author | Edgar Andrews |
| Publisher | EP Books |
| Date | 2009 |
| Pages | 324 |
Overview:
Religion and science, in the modern era, are often viewed as entirely separate realms of inquiry. People avoid bringing matters of religion into discussions of science, and vice versa, but why is this the case?
There is an argument to be made that religion and the sciences actually have crucial areas of overlap. There's an even bolder argument to be made that science, were it not for God, could not exist.
The idea, then, is to engage the debate on science's terms: Christians can treat God as a hypothesis, a conjecture like any other to be tested against the demands of reality. We will not seek to prove His existence by a particular apologetic argument or some meticulous set of rational steps, but will instead hypothesize His existence, examine the nature of our reality, and see if the hypothesis holds up.
If it does, then God will be shown to be a genuinely rational alternative to more typically 'scientistic' outlooks on reality.
Edgar Andrews (BSc, PhD, DSc, FInstP, FIMMM, CEEng, CPhys) is an Emeritus Professor of Materials at the University of London. For a period, he did consulting for the American companies Dow Chemical Co. and the 3M Co. Primarily, he researches and studies the science of large molecules.
Writing frequently on the subject of the relationship between science and religion (and specifically biblical Christianity), he even debated the atheist Richard Dawkins at the 1986 Huxley Memorial Debate. His book From Nothing to Nature has been translated into ten languages.