Por que a ciência não consegue enterrar Deus

De John C. Lennox

O debate entre cristãos e ateus sempre teve como campo de batalha mais áspero o ambiente científico. Neste espaço dedicado à ciência e ao conhecimento, os fundamentalistas estão atacando. E, desta vez, não são os religiosos cristãos, mas os novos ateístas, que propagam o ateísmo como religião, com cânones, dogmas, líderes ungidos (Richard Dawkins é considerado um papa), normas de conduta e proselitismo.

Para dar aos cristãos embasamento científico suficiente para refutar os argumentos falaciosos com os quais os ateístas tentam esconder o fervor religioso e a parcialidade que nutrem contra as religiões, em especial a cristã, John C. Lennox escreveu este livro. Nele, o autor expõe como os ícones do movimento ateísta falham crassamente ao rejeitar o que mais alardeam: o debate honesto e racional sobre espiritualidade, fé e religião. Discutindo temas complexos como os limites da ciência, biologia natural e biosfera, design intencional e a teoria da evolução, Lennox prova que, como cientistas, os ateístas não querem descobrir a verdade sobre a existência de Deus e ajuda o leitor a desmontar seus subterfúgios pseudocientíficos, misticismo e argumentação baseada em autoridade e mitos. Por que a ciência não consegue enterrar Deus debate cosmovisões, cosmogonias, teoria da evolução, criacionismo, design inteligente, os limites da ciência e outros temas fundamentais para a correta análise de fé e razão.

• Idioma: Português
• Editora: Editora Mundo Cristão
• Data de lançamento: 7 de out. de 2016
• ISBN: 9788543301822

Avaliações de Por que a ciência não consegue enterrar Deus

[oataker-1 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

Strong on the physical evidence for the anthropic principle but basically opposed to the theory of what he calls macroevolution. He is very good on the philosophical background to modern thought and says it is inclined to materialism and thus against theism. He shows that natural selection can hardly to be used to account for the developments of anything before reproduction began so proteins and DNA are hard to account for. He does not face the evidence for evolution from more primitive species in the detail of the genome, something that other writers accept as proof of macroevolution. Likes quoting other scientists who are sceptical of evolution but explains their views thoroughly. I hope they are as significant as he says, certainly it was interesting to see that quite a lot of experts don't take evolution as the easy answer for everything that has happened.

[jandm_1 · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

Lennox carefully pieces together the case for not just a defence of God, but the necessity of an intelligent designer (such as the revealed Hebrew/Christian God). He considering the limits of science and how scientism is raging, he then considers objections from cosmology, physics, biology, and information theory that each show why there are extremely good grounds for doubting macro-evolution or evolution as the means by which life itself came to be. Instead he shows how it is much more plausible to see the hand of an intelligent designer at work. Throughout he quotes from distinguished international scientists, though sometimes these quotes are rather old and I wonder if they are still relevant. Assuming he is quoting accurately (which in my experience he seems to be for Dawkins), then those by themselves are strong evidence that the scientific community is nowhere near as happy with all aspects of evolution, as we've been led to believe. There are some places where he goes on too long, or introduces unnecessary asides, but hopefully these can be corrected in a future edition. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to know how the New Atheists are over-reaching, or where Intelligent Design has a space to play.

[jontseng · Nota: 2 de 5 estrelas]

A little too turgid and ranty - much like the author if you've seen him present.