Aug 22, 2008

SCIENCE & FAITH: Review of Ted Nield, The Upper Crust

While Ted Nield's concerns over how creationists abuse science to justify their particular understanding of Scripture are legitimate, his contempt for religion is unjustified by the history of science. Indeed, Nield and too many other contemporary scientist-authors misuse science to justify their naturalism. Let's dispose of that silly idea about religion being bad for science. History shows that good ideas eventually win over bad ideas, exemplified by Wegener's Pangaea. If science is the supercontinent, why can't religion be the ocean?

Stephen O. Moshier reviews Ted Nield, Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet.

CT Books & Culture Jul/Aug 2008

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