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Life, the Universe and Nothing

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best-twitter-wallpaper-124We are happy to share with your the recent three-part discussion between Prof Lawrence Krauss and Dr William Lane Craig in august 2013 about ‘Life, the Universe and Nothing’. These debates were organized y the City Bible Forum and made available on their Youtube Channel. The first dialogue was held in Brisbane about the question ‘Has science buried God?’; the second in Sydney on the question ‘Why is there something rather than nothing?’ and the third in Melbourne on the question ‘Is it reasonable to believe there is a God?

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Answering Atheism: how make the case for God with logic and charity

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answeringatheismToday’s popular champions of atheism are often called New Atheists, because they don’t just deny God’s existence (as the old atheists did) — they consider it their duty to scorn and ridicule religious belief. But there’s nothing really “new” about their arguments. They’re the same basic objections to belief in God that mankind has wrestled with for centuries. We don’t need new answers for this aggressive modern strain of unbelief: We need a new approach. In Answering Atheism, Trent Horn responds to that need with a fresh and useful resource for the God debate, combining a thorough refutation of atheist claims with a skillfully constructed case for God based on reason and common sense. Just as important, he advocates a charitable approach that respects atheists’ sincerity and good will — making this book suitable not just for believers but for skeptics and seekers too. 

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Thomas Aquinas versus Intelligent Design: a Catholic Answer

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thomasaquinas-670Michael W. Tkacz, associate professor of philosophy at Gonzaga University, recounts that one day, he received a phone call from a professor of philosophy at a nearby private, religiously affiliated college who had just returned from an international conference devoted to challenges to evolutionary biology from intelligent design (ID) theory. He had something of a complaint to make about the absence of ‘Thomists’ and ‘Catholics’ in the ID movement and its challenge to Darwinism. Since the time of Charles Darwin there has been vigorous debate between Christian creationists and Darwinian evolutionists. Neither side has been especially interested in what Catholic Thomism might contribute to the discussion. Secular Darwinians often view Thomists as just another species of literalists attempting to substitute the Book of Genesis for good biology. On the other hand, Protestant creationists often have viewed Thomists as already halfway to secularism and naturalism, depending too little on a literal reading of Scripture and too much on philosophical reasoning.

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Answering Atheism

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answeringnewatheismAre we able to answer the arguments of an atheist? In this interview, Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker discuss why and how they dismantle the underpinnings of Richard Dawkins’ atheistic agenda in Emmaus Road Publishing’s 2008 release, Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Dawkins’ Case Against God. (Three video’s)

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The relationship between faith and science as a brotherly rivalry

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Guy Consolmagno sjThe Vatican astronomer and brother in the Jesuit order Guy Consolmagno is regularly interrogated on the relationship between science and religion. Is it possible to belief in both at the same time? It is known that the Catholic religion sees no contradiction between faith and science. Consolmagno see the relationship more like a ‘brotherly rivalry’. Watch a Rome Report video and/or read an interview with Zenit.org. 

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Symposium ‘Theology of the Body’ in Fatima, Portugal

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From June 13 – 16 2013 the the IV Theology of the Body International Symposium will be held in Fatima, Portugal. The first three Symposia were in Austria (2007), Ireland (2009) and London (2011). Biofides was there in London, a marvelous experience of deep insight in John Paul II’s in sight in the truth about the human body, male and female, it’s ‘language’ and meaning, the plan of God from the beginning, in  history until the very end in eternity, in short: Gods plan with human sexuality and fertility.

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God’s Biologist: A Life of Alister Hardy

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A book that might almost have been entitled, ‘From Plankton to Prayer’. Bizarre, to be sure; but one does not often come across someone who is an expert in the biology of oceans and the relationship between plankton and the movements of fish, and who also has a deep interest in the relationship between the theory of evolution and research into religious experience. Such a man was Alister Hardy. He did oceanographical research on board little fishing boats from Hull, as well as on the Royal Research Ship,Discovery deep in the Antarctic. He held professorships in Biology in Hull, Aberdeen and Oxford. Yet the more complex depths of his character came from an important experience he had as a schoolboy at Oundle…

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Do human clones have souls?

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721px-Cloning_diagram_english.svgHuman clones have a soul? Tim Stacks, apologist for “Catholic Answers” (San Diego, CA) answers a question during the daily radio program “Catholic Answers Live.” Check the video (5:12 min.)

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Science before science

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Anthony Rizzi2In a series of ten video’s the distinguished physicist Dr. Anthony Rizzi and Marcus Grodi, host of EWTN’s Journey Home, discusse the Western Philosophical Tradition that poses a vision of reality rooted in the spiritual realm. This vision bespeaks the presence of an Almighty God. They draw on this rich philosophical heritage to encourage you to look outside the box of the merely scientific to see the blazing glory of the God-filled world. A guide to thinking and believing.

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Does the “pill” really prevent conception?

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Pilule_contraceptiveDoes the pill only prevent conception or is there more to it. Tim Staples, apologist for ‘Catholic Answers’ in San Diego – California, addresses this question during a daily radio program where listeners can ask questions about anything that has to do with Catholic faith, including ethical issues. He deals with the definitions used in the medical field for conception and implantation of a human fetus.

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