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A scientific defense of spiritual & religious faith | Tony Jack | TEDxCLE

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Lightly seared on the reality grill.
At the most recent debate in 2004, at New York University, Anthony Flew declared that he ‘now accepted the existence of a God’ (p. 74). In that debate, he said that he believed that the origin of life points to a creative Intelligence,‘almost entirely because of the DNA investigations. What I think the DNA material has done is that it has shown, by the almost unbelievable complexity of the arrangements which are needed to produce (life), that intelligence must have been involved in getting these extraordinarily diverse elements to work together. It’s the enormous complexity of the number of elements and the enormous subtlety of the ways they work together. The meeting of these two parts at the right time by chance is simply minute. It is all a matter of the enormous complexity by which the results were achieved, which looked to me like the work of intelligence.

Looks like he didn't understand evolution - or the copious amounts of evidence for it to be found in that very DNA.

Complexity is a silly reason to conclude that there is a god anyway. It doesn't solve the problem, it makes it worse - it's a step in the wrong direction.

There does appear to be some debate as to whether Flew was still in possession of all his facilities (source).
 

Mark Dohle

Well-Known Member
Looks like he didn't understand evolution - or the copious amounts of evidence for it to be found in that very DNA.

Complexity is a silly reason to conclude that there is a god anyway. It doesn't solve the problem, it makes it worse - it's a step in the wrong direction.

There does appear to be some debate as to whether Flew was still in possession of all his facilities (source).
Yes, it is atheist who make the claim, but he was sane and had his wits about him. I think he understood things more than you are me puit together, read his books ;-).

He was so intelligent, more than me for sure, that he was able to overcome "Confirmation Bias", which is a major problem for us. In anycase, I still state that it is rational to believe in Infinite Intelligence, if you think that is 'silly', I am fine with that..



Peace
Mark
 

Kk4mds

Member
The Bible denies basic science like how it says that the Universe and Earth began in 4004 BC, or how pi equals 3, or how It claims that the Earth is a "circle",
Tanakh does not deny basic science because it is neither a history book nor a science book. It is a book of moral and ethical teachings, perhaps loosely based on actual events.
 

r2d2009

Member
Free e-book

Vladimir Antonov,
Ph.D. (in biology)

How God Can Be Cognized.
Autobiography of a Scientist Who Studied God



Translated from Russian into English
by Mikhail Nikolenko

Corrector of an English translation —
Keenan Murphy

© Antonov V.V., 2009



This book is an autobiography of the Russian scientist-biologist, theorist, and practical man, spiritual Master Vladimir Antonov, who is known for dozens of articles and for more than 40 books dedicated to the methodology and methods of spiritual development. The author narrates, among other things, about his studying from Divine Teachers, his mistakes and success in helping people spiritually, about his personal cognition of the multidimensional structure of the Absolute, about cognition of the Creator.

The author is the founder of a new branch of modern science — Methodology of Spiritual Development.

The book can be useful for psychologists, physicians, teachers, philosophers, and for all those who walk the spiritual Path or who seek it.

>>>

How God Can Be Cognized
 

Mark Dohle

Well-Known Member
Free e-book

Vladimir Antonov,
Ph.D. (in biology)

How God Can Be Cognized.
Autobiography of a Scientist Who Studied God



Translated from Russian into English
by Mikhail Nikolenko

Corrector of an English translation —
Keenan Murphy

© Antonov V.V., 2009



This book is an autobiography of the Russian scientist-biologist, theorist, and practical man, spiritual Master Vladimir Antonov, who is known for dozens of articles and for more than 40 books dedicated to the methodology and methods of spiritual development. The author narrates, among other things, about his studying from Divine Teachers, his mistakes and success in helping people spiritually, about his personal cognition of the multidimensional structure of the Absolute, about cognition of the Creator.

The author is the founder of a new branch of modern science — Methodology of Spiritual Development.

The book can be useful for psychologists, physicians, teachers, philosophers, and for all those who walk the spiritual Path or who seek it.

>>>

How God Can Be Cognized
Thank you, I will look it up.
 
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