The Catholic Roots of Science
One of the best kept secrets of modern history is the important role the Catholic Church had in the development of modern science. Unlike what many think, the scientific project, even the scientific method itself, was and is an invention of some Catholic pioneers. Pierre Duhem was one of the first scientists to regard the medieval scholastic tradition as the cradle of modern science.
Dr Peter Kreeft: Intelligent Design
Dr Peter Kreeft, Professor of Philosophy, Boston College
Intelligent Design, Science or Science Fiction
http://lumeninstitute.org/peter-kreeft/
Steven Hawking and the “The Theory of Everything” (film)
The new biopic “A Theory of Everything” does indeed engage in a fair amount of Hawking-hagiography, but it is also, curiously, a God-haunted movie. Find more videos of Fr. Robert Barron at http://WordOnFire.org.
The Fine Tuning of the Universe
For more resources visit: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/finetu…
Be sure to view the Kalam Cosmological Argument animation video: http://youtu.be/6CulBuMCLg0
Source: Reasonable Faith
God Is the Best Explanation
On February 1st, 2013 at Purdue University, Dr William Lane Craig participated in a debate with Dr Alex Rosenberg on the topic, “Is Faith In God Reasonable?” Over 5,000 people watched the event on the Purdue University campus along with tens of thousands streaming it live online from around the world. This is a series of eight video clips of each of eight arguments that Dr Craig presented in his opening statement.
Sience and faith in a historical perspective
23 Clips from an interview with Prof. Peter Harrison, former Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford, and director of the Centre of the History of European Discourses at the University of Queensland. Harrison gives a nuanced answers to questions on the differences and the interplay between science and faith from a historical perspective. He answers questions about the presumed conflict between science and faith, about Copernicus, Galileo and Darwin.
How a world renowned physician and geneticist comes to belief
Dr. Francis Collins is a physician and geneticist known for spearheading the Human Genome Project and for his landmark discoveries of disease genes. Talking to a terminally ill patient at her bedside made geneticist Francis Collins begin to think more carefully about his atheism. It led him to study C.S. Lewis, and realize that there was more to belief in God than he had thought. In these videos he tells his personal story.
God and Morality
Another part of a video series from Wordonfire.org. Father Barron will be commenting on subjects from modern day culture. For more visit http://www.wordonfire.org
Arguments for Atheism?
Richard Swinburne is the Emeritus Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, University of Oxford. He is one of the leading analytic philosophers of religion and his contributions to Christian philosophy has been enormous. His first three books focused on the existence of God: The Coherence of Theism, The Existence of God, and Faith and Reason. Other books dealt with issues in philosophical theology, including The Christian God, The Problem of Evil, and The Evolution of the Soul.
Can Darwinism Survive without Teleology?
Ever since Darwin, the concept of teleology has been suspect among biologists. What is so controversial about teleology? Most likely, its history! From the earliest Greek philosophers on, it was widely believed that the world must have a purpose because, as Aristotle would put it, “nature does nothing in vain,” and neither does God, as a Jew or Christian would say. In this often misunderstood view, any change in this world is due to final causes that move things to an ultimate goal, a predetermined end. All things would achieve certain ends or goals because they were designed that way by nature or by God; that’s how hormones, for instance, are supposed to reach their target cells.

