tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78707968266077982102024-02-20T09:02:48.463-08:00The God ContentionKevin Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13303112753254905877noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870796826607798210.post-38632002797838033212015-07-26T02:57:00.000-07:002016-04-25T06:56:01.045-07:00The God Contention<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you are excited by science and the torrent of new knowledge that issues forth every week on the origins of the universe, life & everything can you really also believe in God?</span>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If, like me, you were brought up to believe but have struggled to keep to your gifted faith as the scientific universe reveals itself you might be interested in this material.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The God Contention is a short book I wrote to suggest just one scientifically sympathetic version of a moral universe - i.e. one with a moral purpose, defined by God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It tries to answer some of the questions posed by non-believers especially:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'if there is a God then why do so many terrible things happen in our world?'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">More importantly, it offers a model for the creation and life of our universe, compatible with the big bang, quantum theory, relativity, evolution et al, a model which also includes moral judgement, reward and the afterlife.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The God Contention is only a proxy, a substitution for a truth that is beyond our science. The model contained within it (M1) is merely my illustration of a moral universe in which God and all our science cohabit quite happily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Where does it lead? I would hope to a saner, simpler structure of belief & behaviour which I call 'The Rational Faith'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I developed these ideas to get the problem (Science v God) our of my system. It might be useful to you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are a number of ways to access the material:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a narrated slide deck available from my website - <a href="http://the-rational-faith.mozello.com/home/">click here</a><br />or from <a href="https://youtu.be/OmmFfXyWDzI"><span style="color: blue;">YouTube</span></a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a PDF version of the book from my website - <a href="http://the-rational-faith.mozello.com/home/">click here</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the full book is also available for Amazon Kindle (they make a nominal charge)<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VP7M3BG">click here for US</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00VP7M3BG?*Version*=1&*entries*=0">or here for UK</a></span></li>
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