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I recommend "Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?" by Ian Hutchinson, physicist and professor at MIT. It covers the rational arguments for Christianity and how
by turing_complete 4y ago
I recommend "Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?" by Ian Hutchinson, physicist and professor at MIT. It covers the rational arguments for Christianity and how to integrate a scientific and Christian view of the world.
And C.S. Lewis, of course, but you're already reading him.
- noir_lord 4y ago
- kashunstva 4y ago> Is it also the Guinness record holder for worlds shortest book?. I'm also a non-theist, but I think there's something to be gained by reading the apologetics, in part to understand the motivations and perspectives of theists, but failing that, to sharpen one's own rational thinking skills. There's also a lot of history of the philosophical traditions to appreciate.
- serenitylater 4y ago
- throw0101a 4y ago> Is it also the Guinness record holder for worlds shortest book? 336 pages covering Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, Leibniz: * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35592365-five-proofs-of-the-existence-of-god https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35592365-five-proofs-of-... 205 (dense) pages going over Aquinas' Five Ways: * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6963088-aquinas https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6963088-aquinas
- turing_complete 4y agoYawn. Do you think this is edgy or provocative in 2022?
- throw0101a 4y ago> I recommend "Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?" by Ian Hutchinson […] Books by (Brother) Guy Consolmagno, the Director of the Vatican Observatory, are also worth checking out: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Consolmagno https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Consolmagno Perhaps specifically God's Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion. Interview: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0DAKaR16cY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0DAKaR16cY
- turing_complete 4y agoThanks, I will check it out!