Tag: Return of the God Hypothesis (Harper 2021)

Colorful space galaxy cloud nebula. Stary night cosmos. Universe science astronomy. Supernova background wallpaper

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Peter Biles
Date
February 26, 2025

Categorized
Cosmology, Logic, Philosophy, Religion, Science

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Believe (Zondervan 2025), design in nature, Return of the God Hypothesis (Harper 2021), Ross Douthat, Stephen C. Meyer, Tao Lin}

Ross Douthat Makes the Case that Religious Belief Is Rational

_{His new book is written largely with the agnostic or full-on atheist in mind but believers would certainly also benefit, as I did} _{Peter Biles
February 26, 2025

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Cosmology, Logic, Philosophy, Religion, Science}

He notes, if our brains evolved merely to help us stay alive, then it’s strange that those same mental states could invent the telescope to explore the cosmos. Read More ›

James Webb Space Telescope reveals emerging stellar nurseries and individual stars in the Carina Nebula

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Peter Biles
Date
January 31, 2025

Categorized
Religion

Tagged
Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious (2025), Featured, Jonah Goldberg, Living in Wonder (2024), Return of the God Hypothesis (Harper 2021), Rod Dreher, Ross Douthat, Stephen C. Meyer}

Douthat: Our Minds Are Tied to Reality

_{The New York Times columnist thinks everyone should be more religious} _{Peter Biles
January 31, 2025

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Religion}

“The world is intelligible,” Ross Douthat said to Jonah Goldberg on “The Remnant” podcast. Douthat, an opinion columnist at The New York Times, has a new book coming out on religion and why “everyone should be more religious,” and he joined Goldberg to discuss the book along with our current political landscape. Douthat, a Catholic, referenced fine tuning and the profound evidence of intentional design in nature as one of the motivations for his own faith. He told Goldberg that it’s remarkable that we have minds that are able to accurately comprehend the world around us, let alone the chemical makeup of the universe. Our questioning natures, bent on discovering the truth of things, demonstrate that we live in something Read More ›

Plant Cell Wall Composition: High-resolution view of plant cell walls, showcasing cellulose fibers, lignin deposits, and structural integrity

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 17, 2024

Categorized
Plant Mind

Tagged
Featured, Return of the God Hypothesis (Harper 2021)}

Can Plants See? A Shape-Shifting Plant Raises the Question

_{If it can’t see, how does it copy the leaves of any one of a number of plants growing nearby?} _{Denyse O'Leary
September 17, 2024

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Plant Mind}

The traditional explanation — that natural selection acting on random mutation (Darwinian evolution) explains it all — is becoming increasingly untenable. Read More ›