Science and faith are ‘friendly cousins’
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Science and faith work well together said Dr Denis Alexander in the concluding talk at Catalyst Live in Manchester, the new event for Christian thought-leaders hosted by BMS World Mission. Dr Alexander, who is Emeritus Director of The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at St. Edmunds College, Cambridge, explained four reasons why science and faith were “friendly cousins.” Many of the founders of modern science were strong Christians, he said (Galileo, Kelvin, Newton), and it wasn't only until the late 19th century that science and religion went their “separate ways.” From his own experience Dr Alexander had noticed a higher ratio of Christians involved in science than in the humanities and arts, which goes against public perceptions. Describing the new atheists as a “transient cultural movement,” Dr Alexander argued that the fine tuning of the universe suggested a creator behind it and that viewing science from a theistic viewpoint makes much more sense. “Christian conviction makes more sense than atheism when looking at scientific data,” he said. “My faith enriches my science.”
27/11/2013 |