Wilberforce and Huxley: A Legendary Encounter
The encounter between Bishop Samuel Wilberforce ("Soapy Sam") and T.H. Huxley ("Darwin's bulldog") is often portrayed as a typical example…
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The encounter between Bishop Samuel Wilberforce ("Soapy Sam") and T.H. Huxley ("Darwin's bulldog") is often portrayed as a typical example…
Scientific naturalism claims that only science provides reliable answers. This article examines the claim.
A response to the claim made by Dawkins in 'The God Delusion' and by other atheists that Einstein did not believe in God.
A friend of mine was enjoying a coffee break at an Open University seminar for his philosophy course. Out of the blue, a colleague asked…
The belief that science and religion are in fundamental conflict runs deep. But is it really as simple as that?
Paul Davies is a brilliant science writer. As an eminent physicist and cosmologist, he knows his subject matter with distinction. Better…
Will science lead us to complete knowledge of everything, or are there areas science can't touch?
This extract from 'Atheism's New Clothes' responds to the accusation that theology is empty, like the Emperor's New Clothes.
The ongoing scientific quest to explore space – 'the final frontier' – is intimately bound up with the search for 'strange new…