Science
Articles exploring the impact of contemporary science on philosophy and theology.
Jan 15, 2023
Our Inanimate Neighbors
“Awareness is always dynamic; it has no spatio-temporal location… Awareness is not a property of entities, or even of organisms; it is a property of networks.”
Nov 30, 2022
Moore's Nativity
“No need to study theology at university… (or) go to Sunday school. It’s all right there in front of us…and Henry Moore helps us see it: Christianity!”
Nov 30, 2022
Football Math
“At last, an opportunity to watch football in peace! … Just beer, pretzels and picking out the next Tom Brady.”
Oct 15, 2022
Mommy Math Part One
If counting is such a powerful tool, how is it that for the most part, we don’t count?
Oct 15, 2022
Cosmic Crossroads
You say, "Big Bang;" we say, "Genesis." You say, "Constantine;" we say, "Ascension."
Sep 1, 2022
Science & the Yellow Submarine – Part II
In this issue of ATM, we will finish our journey. We will visit all the remaining “seas” (I promise), plus Pepperland itself. So, hang on tight!
Sep 1, 2022
The Nature of Time
Confining events within a single order of magnitude reinforces our tendency to categorize events as past, present, or future. After all, if a quantum of experience can be no more than one second long, almost everything must seem past or future from that perspective.
Jul 13, 2022
Yesterday, the Very Tomorrow
Sometimes the very words we need to hear come from the most unlikely sources. Wisdom isn’t reserved for great philosophers, theologians, or grandparents alone.
Jul 13, 2022
At the Beginning of the World: Dinosaurs, Genesis, and the Gift of Science
The Bible isn’t a science textbook. And we shouldn’t expect it to operate as one.
May 29, 2022
Science and the Yellow Submarine Part I
Yellow Submarine is much more than just a delivery vehicle for the Beatles’ 1960s musical repertoire. The film addresses important ontological and cosmological issues, and it offers some truly remarkable scientific insights in the process.
May 29, 2022
Genesis Wins Nobel Prize
Traditionally, Nobels are awarded only to ‘living recipients’ and only for work completed in the preceding year. In its statement, the committee said it felt an exception was needed in this instance “in order to right a grievous wrong.”
May 29, 2022
Jesus Meets Mister Spock
Science and Religion should assist each other in pursuing the truth. Science can be too closed to the life of the spirit, the mind, imagination, thought, and creativity. Religion can be closed to anything new that threatens its perception of reality.
May 29, 2022
Hows and Whys
How vs. why... Science stands in the present and looks back in search of causes. Religion stands in the present and looks forward in search of reasons.