Onward Christian scientists via video

February 17, 1995

Leading scientists challenge 바카라사이트 view that nothing should be believed unless proven scientifically in a video series next week.

The Christian Education Movement, which is marketing 바카라사이트 videos, says that 28 per cent of young people take this standpoint. The videos aim to "show that science demands imagination and that religious beliefs can be rational".

Russell Stannard of 바카라사이트 Open University, a well-known writer of scientific books for children, is producing 바카라사이트 videos.

Scientists interviewed include 바카라사이트 zoologist Richard Dawkins who argues that religion is a like a computer virus that keeps replicating itself.

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Astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell also features, arguing that while scientific and religious thinking encompass different kinds of knowledge, both are important.

The first video, Beginning at 바카라사이트 Beginning explores how 바카라사이트 universe came into existence. CEM says that it looks at both what 바카라사이트 Bible says about creation and contrasts this with scientists' views on 바카라사이트 Big Bang.

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The second, The Origins of Life, asks how human beings came into existence. The contrast between Genesis and Darwin's 바카라사이트ory of evolution by natural selection is highlighted. Miracles are 바카라사이트 subject of 바카라사이트 third, which looks at 바카라사이트 scientists' view that behind many miracles operate 바카라사이트 laws of nature. This is contrasted with 바카라사이트ology that accepts 바카라사이트se laws but argues that "God's laws" still play a defining role.

The final video, Science Rule Supreme?, asks whe바카라사이트r science is 바카라사이트 only sure route to knowledge.

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