Monday, December 19, 2011

Does Science Destroy God

I gave a talk a few weeks ago at a place called The English Room, a language school in Leipzig. Below is a link to the mp3 and the slides. Not the best quality, but it works. Also, there are 28 funny pauses throughout the talk, which is when I had to manually walk to the computer and press next on the slide-show. If you follow along with the slides, this is your cue to go to the next one.

http://www.leipzig-english-church.de/uploads/TQN/

If anyone out there in the universe gives it a listen, I'd love to hear feedback, positive or negative.
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  1. Simon FinleyDecember 19, 2011 at 4:40 PM

    Really good talk! Well thought out in the details, but put it all very simply. Covered all the main bases in the current discussion with a nice logical flow. And you last 'big point' was a really good ending to it all. Made me want to consider the Christian faith!

    Did you get much discussion afterwards, or any disagreement with your definition of science?

    I did a talk on science not too long ago (although, with a slightly different focus) but I think yours was better than mine.

    It also annoys me when atheists claim their position is not a belief. Aghh!

    A couple of small points: I think you said at one point that there were two things you were going to mention. One was the God of the gaps point, but I can't remember you ever saying what the second thing was. Maybe I missed it, but it left me hanging, and I wasn't sure if you were covering it with out me knowing. This is only a small point.

    Another thing, you said (towards the end) that this God (he or she) must speak the truth. I wondered if people would want you to substantiate that a bit more. But I really loved your bold claim that religion trumps science (well argued). It may have also been helpful to point out that there probably won't be a conflict however.

    These are only very small points and take nothing away from it's good points.

    I would seriously consider putting what you said into a small booklet and giving it away at Christmas time - especially with your qualification to speak on this topic.

    Hope your family are well and especially little Theodore (great name BTW). have a restful and pleasantly reflective Christmas break.

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  2. TonyDecember 31, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    Hey thanks heaps Simon, very helpful comments. Also thankyou to everyone who emailed me privately, I really appreciate it.

    The second point was the claim that faith is a blind-leap type of thing. I wasn't composed enough to do the seguays properly, so there werea few confusing points I think.

    The discussions afterward were encouraging. I have had lots of feedback, and various encouraging bits and pieces have come from it. I don't want to say anything in such a public way though.

    So yeah, thanks heaps.

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