Answering the New Atheists: How Science Points to God and to the Benefits of Christianity
Answering the New Atheists: How Science Points to God and to the Benefits of Christianity Anthony Walsh Boise State University Series in Philosophy of Religion Copyright © 2018 Vernon Press, an imprint of Vernon Art and Science Inc, on behalf of the author. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Vernon Art and Science Inc. www.vernonpress.com In the Americas: In the rest of the world: Vernon Press Vernon Press 1000 N West Street, C/Sancti Espiritu 17, Suite 1200, Wilmington, Malaga, 29006 Delaware 19801 Spain United States Series in Philosophy of Religion Library of Congress Control Number: 2018904925 ISBN: 978-1-62273-390-3 Cover design by Vernon Press using elements by Kjpargeter - Kotkoa - Freepik.com, geralt – pixabay.com Product and company names mentioned in this work are the trademarks of their re- spective owners. While every care has been taken in preparing this work, neither the authors nor Vernon Art and Science Inc. may be held responsible for any loss or dam- age caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in it. Table of Contents Acknowledgements v Preface vii Chapter 1 Science Points the Way to God 1 Chapter 2 Christianity, Rationality, and Militant New Atheism 15 Chapter 3 Christianity, Atheism, and Morality 29 Chapter 4 Christianity, Western Democracy, and Cultural Marxism 43 Chapter 5 The Big Bang and Fine Tuning of the Universe 59 Chapter 6 Earth: The Privileged Planet 75 Chapter 7 Cosmological Fine-Tuning and the Multiverse 91 Chapter 8 Abiogenesis: The Search for the Origin of Life 107 Chapter 9 Cracks in Neo-Darwinism: Micro is not Macro 125 Chapter 10 Answering the Tough Questions: God of the Gaps, Free Will, and the Problem of Evil 141 Chapter Footnotes 157 References 171 Index 187 Acknowledgements I would first of all like to thank commissioning editor, Dr.
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