Classic Replay: Is science at odds with Christianity? PZ Myers & Denis Alexander
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Atheist Biologist PZ Myers is an outspoken critic of Christianity. He believes that faith in God and science are contradictory. He debates theistic evolutionist Denis Alexander, (now Emeritus) Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion. Is science is at odds with Christianity as PZ claims? They touch on Fine Tuning, Rationality and whether God is an inference to the best explanation.
For PZ Myers Blog: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/
For The Faraday Institute: http://www.faraday-institute.org/
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Released on 12 Jan 2021
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