Episodes
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Are Science and Faith Compatible?
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Guest Host: Tim Barnett
Tim Barnett discusses the compatibility of faith and science by first defining “faith” and “science” and then exploring the three problems a naturalist has to overcome in order to explain how even a single, small protein could come about on its own by chance.
Topics:
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What is faith? (05:00)
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What is science? (13:00)
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How do we explain the existence of functional proteins? (32:00)
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The chirality problem for naturalists (37:00)
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The bonding problem for naturalists (40:00)
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The sequence problem for naturalists (45:00)
Mentioned on the Show:
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“Kinesin protein walking on microtubule” – Animation
Related Links:
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Can Science Explain Everything? by John Lennox
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Why Intelligent Design Isn’t a God-of-the-Gaps Argument by Tim Barnett
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Why Intelligent Design Is an Argument from Knowledge, Not Ignorance by Amy Hall (quoting Stephen Meyer)
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Building a Protein by Chance by Tim Barnett
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