Science and Faith

For those interested in the relationship between science and faith, I’ve come across two good resources lately.

The first is a website founded by Dr Francis Watson, famous for spearheading the Human Genome Project. The website is called BioLogos and has a lot of great resources and articles dealing with the harmony between Christian faith and science. . . . → Read More: Science and Faith

Science and Religion

Who knew the Vatican had its own astronomers?  I certainly didn’t. It turns out, however, that it does – priests studying space through the aptly named “pope scope”. The Walrus recently interviewed one of these Vatican astronomers, Guy Consolmagno, and asked him about the relationship between science and religion – it turns out its quite healthy. . . . → Read More: Science and Religion

Richard Dawkins and Alister McGrath

Below is an interesting discussion between atheist Richard Dawkins and theologian Alister McGrath on the existence of God and the reasonableness of religious faith generally. It was filmed for a 2006 TV Documentary called The Root of all Evil?, presented by Richard Dawkins, but was cut from the final edit. The footage is uncut and therefore . . . → Read More: Richard Dawkins and Alister McGrath

The poetics of surfing and the rescue of a kangaroo

I came across this video clip the other day, it shows a surfer rescuing a kangaroo from the sea. It brought to mind the poem I’ve posted below by Les Murray, both because of its subject matter and because of its Australian origin. Finally, has anyone ever heard a stronger Australian accent than that of the . . . → Read More: The poetics of surfing and the rescue of a kangaroo

Good news, the universe does actually exist

Theoretical physicists appear to have finally proven that reality can exist when no-one is looking. For some decades now, we have been unsure, so this is good news.

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