Tag: Galileo Galilei
Listen: Did Galileo Prove the Catholic Church’s Irrational Opposition to Science?
There’s plenty here for both scientists and theologians to learn — as well as anyone who thinks Galileo shows the Church was at war against science.
Science and Storytelling
To advance the false conception that science is always in conflict with religious tradition, some influential scientists and science popularizers tell us stories about the past and the present.
In Unbelievable, Mike Keas Highlights Myths and Realities of Anti-Science Persecution
The point of Dr. Keas’s book is historical but also very timely: Scientists who challenge materialism today face discrimination as heretics that squelches their research and teaching.
The Intelligent Design Underground and Other Reflections
A biologist in our network worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard. He recounted how about a quarter of the postdocs he encountered were at least sympathetic to design arguments.
Pre-order Unbelievable Now at a 50 Percent Discount! See Michael Keas in Colorado This Week
Behind all the myths skewered in Dr. Keas’s book lies the idea of religion cast falsely as a retarding force on science.