Religion Versus Science

by Frost, Ron

• ISBN13: 9781846943584
• ISBN10: 1846943582
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-16
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

As commonly presented the great battle between science and religion over evolution is intractable. This book maintains that the approaches both sides take in the debate drive most of the fury in the debate. Although the facts of evolution are beyond doubt, the big mistake that many scientists make is to present these facts using a materialistic premise that is not scientifically defendable. The resulting model for evolution implies that humans arose on this planet merely by chance, that the value of our lives is based only upon the genes that we carry within us, and that our lives are essentially meaningless. Naturally religious people recoil in horror as such a bleak view of human existence. In this book Dr. Frost argues that all the World's Religions advocate for the existence of a transcendent consciousness. Scientific studies can in no way prove or disprove the existence of this consciousness.

Author Biography

Dr. Ron Frost is a professor of Geology at the University of Wyoming and a practicing Buddhist.

Table of Contents

Preface: How this Book came to be	p. 1
Acknowledgements	p. 5
Statement of the Problem	p. 7
Introduction	p. 8
A brief history	p. 13
Two Ways of Knowing	p. 28
The World of Science	p. 34
Religion	p. 48
How We Got Here	p. 59
The Big Bang and the Origin of the Elements	p. 60
The Origin of the Earth	p. 69
The 'Tree' of Life	p. 85
The Origin of Life	p. 95
The History of Life	p. 108
Metaphysical Implications	p. 137
The Creationists' Dilemma	p. 138
Two Views of Consciousness: The Mind-brain Problem	p. 148
Two Views of Evolution	p. 166
Future of the Debate	p. 196
End Notes	p. 207
References	p. 212
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