Religion Versus Science

Religion Versus Science

by Ron Frost
Religion Versus Science

Religion Versus Science

by Ron Frost

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Overview

As commonly presented the great battle between science and religion over evolution is intractable. This book maintains that the approaches both sides take in the debate drive most of the fury in the debate. Although the facts of evolution are beyond doubt, the big mistake that many scientists make is to present these facts using a materialistic premise that is not scientifically defendable. The resulting model for evolution implies that humans arose on this planet merely by chance, that the value of our lives is based only upon the genes that we carry within us, and that our lives are essentially meaningless. Naturally religious people recoil in horror as such a bleak view of human existence. In this book Dr. Frost argues that all the World's Religions advocate for the existence of a transcendent consciousness. Scientific studies can in no way prove or disprove the existence of this consciousness.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781846943584
Publisher: Collective Ink
Publication date: 11/16/2010
Pages: 230
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Preface: How this Book came to be 1

Acknowledgements 5

Part I Statement of the Problem 7

Chapter 1 Introduction 8

Chapter 2 A brief history 13

Chapter 3 Two Ways of Knowing 28

Chapter 4 The World of Science 34

Chapter 5 Religion 48

Part II How We Got Here 59

Chapter 6 The Big Bang and the Origin of the Elements 60

Chapter 7 The Origin of the Earth 69

Chapter 8 The 'Tree' of Life 85

Chapter 9 The Origin of Life 95

Chapter 10 The History of Life 108

Part III Metaphysical Implications 137

Chapter 11 The Creationists' Dilemma 138

Chapter 12 Two Views of Consciousness: The Mind-brain Problem 148

Chapter 13 Two Views of Evolution 166

Chapter 14 Future of the Debate 196

End Notes 207

References 212

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