Is There Purpose in Biology?: The Cost of Existence and the God of Love By Denis Alexander Chapter 3: Biology’s Molecular Constraints We are reviewing the book: Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander. Chapter 3: Biology’s Molecular Constraints. Alexander begins the chapter with aContinue reading “Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander, Chapter 3: Biology’s Molecular Constraints”
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Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander, Chapter 2: Biology’s Grand Narrative
Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander Chapter 2: Biology’s Grand Narrative We are reviewing the book: Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander. Chapter 2 is Biology’s Grand Narrative. In this chapter Alexander asksContinue reading “Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander, Chapter 2: Biology’s Grand Narrative”
Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander, Chapter 1: The Historical Roots of Purpose in Biology
Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander, Chapter 1: The Historical Roots of Purpose in Biology We are reviewing the book: Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander. Chapter 1 is The Historical Roots ofContinue reading “Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander, Chapter 1: The Historical Roots of Purpose in Biology”
21 Grams
21 Grams How much does the human soul weigh? Sounds like a ridiculous question. But according to a “scientific” study published in 1907 by Duncan MacDougall, a physician from Haverhill, Massachusetts, the answer was 21 grams. Dr. MacDougall identified six patients in nursing homes whose death was imminent. According to Wikipedia, one of the patients lostContinue reading “21 Grams”
Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander
Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander I am going to review the book: Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander. Denis Alexander is the Emeritus Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and ReligionContinue reading “Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander”
A Review of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
A Review of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari Chaplain Mike gifted me with a copy of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, a sprawling tour-de-force summary of the human race from pre-humans to… well… what he speculates are post-humans. It’s a combination of rigorous science, scholarlyContinue reading “A Review of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari”
Is Life Inevitable?
Is Life Inevitable? An article in Rawstory that was picked up from an article in Quanta magazine introduces the work of Jeremy England, a young MIT professor who’s proposed a theory, based in thermodynamics, showing that the emergence of life was not accidental, but almost inevitable. The Rawstory article pitches the story as something thatContinue reading “Is Life Inevitable?”
Faith Across the Multiverse, Parables from Modern Science- Part 4, The Language of Computer Science, Chapters 12- Mutatis Mutandis By Andy Walsh
Faith Across the Multiverse: Parables from Modern Science Part 4, The Language of Computer Science, Chapters 12- Mutatis Mutandis By Andy Walsh We been blogging through the book, “Faith Across the Multiverse, Parables from Modern Science” by Andy Walsh. Today is Chapter 12- Mutatis Mutandis with which we will wrap up our review. Chapter 11Continue reading “Faith Across the Multiverse, Parables from Modern Science- Part 4, The Language of Computer Science, Chapters 12- Mutatis Mutandis By Andy Walsh”
Faith Across the Multiverse, Parables from Modern Science- Part 4, The Language of Computer Science, Chapters 10- Squirrel Interrupted By Andy Walsh
Faith Across the Multiverse: Parables from Modern Science Part 4, The Language of Computer Science, Chapters 10- Squirrel Interrupted By Andy Walsh We are blogging through the book, “Faith Across the Multiverse, Parables from Modern Science” by Andy Walsh. Today is Chapter 10- Squirrel Interrupted. The squirrel being referred to is The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl,Continue reading “Faith Across the Multiverse, Parables from Modern Science- Part 4, The Language of Computer Science, Chapters 10- Squirrel Interrupted By Andy Walsh”
What on earth is a “Biblical Worldview”?
About a week ago my cousin Ted drew my attention to an article written by a Professor of Mathematics (Emeritus) at the University of Oxford. In the article, the author, John Lennox, tells of an experience where “a brilliant scientist [was] trying to bully me into giving up Christianity.” Finding himself at a dinner withContinue reading “What on earth is a “Biblical Worldview”?”
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