Tag Archives: Scientism

“Singing Hymns to Gravity”

I thought you might enjoy this, from Tom Graffagnino: Stephen Hawking has been talking, Hawking Faith in what’s unseen; Rub the lamp and there you have it! We can see just what he means! … Watch!….. Spontaneous Creation! All from Nothing like we thought… “POOF!”…… String Theory’s “multiverses” All strung out in Godless Noughts. Mental …

November 29, 2011 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , | Comments (1)

Is It Rational to Believe in Spiritual Battle? (Part 2)

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Spiritual Battle

Polls consistently show that most Americans believe in the existence of a devil. (Though I haven’t checked, I expect that number would be lower in other Western countries.) Belief in a devil is less frequent than belief in a God, and less respectable in many quarters. It’s controversial when a politician attributes some good event …

October 18, 2011 – 2:23 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science, Prayer, Religions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Where Can the Small Things Take You?

Where can the small things take you? Responding to my last point on the distinction between magic and supernaturalism, doctor(logic) offered this: When you make a voodoo doll, don’t you have to follow a recipe and include one of the victim’s hairs or possessions? That would mean that there’s a very specific relationship between the …

December 1, 2009 – 10:01 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences, Origins and Science | Tagged , | Comments (14)

The Will to Power–Is “Free Will” All in Your Head?: Scientific American

This from Scientific American raises interesting questions regarding knowledge: The Will to Power–Is “Free Will” All in Your Head? The author, Christof Koch, apparently wants to balance philosophical questions with scientific ones. I appreciate his trying—but he doesn’t succeed. Not even if we ignore the oddly inappropriate allusion to Nietzsche in the title (for which …

November 16, 2009 – 1:32 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , | Comments (160)

David S. Oderberg on Bioethics Today

David S. Oderberg, Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading, and author of a marvelously clear paper on what’s wrong with embryonic stem cell research, has a problem with the whole bioethics industry. A big problem Oh, and did I say “industry”? Oderberg sees a whole lot of being careers being built here, but not much …

March 13, 2009 – 7:45 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, Origins and Science | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

“Scientism – Refuge of Atheism and Other Foolish Ideas”

Holopupenko has uncovered a gem! It’s John Cleese on what Holopupenko has titled, Scientism – Refuge of Atheism and Other Foolish Ideas See it at Reasoning Repaired

September 30, 2008 – 4:38 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , | Comments (17)

Do We Really Know It’s True?

I gave this talk at Seaford Baptist Church on Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Some portions have been edited out because they’re not applicable to a wider audience.

May 1, 2008 – 9:04 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences, The Faith | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

Views of Truth

This talk on Views of Truth was given on March 9 to the Chapel at Kingsmill. I regret that I had no control over the recording method–the microphone was far from the front of the room, so there’s room noise. It’s still audible and listen-able in spite of that, though.

March 25, 2008 – 3:06 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , , | Comments (3)