Faith vs Fact : Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible by Coyne Jerry A

Author:Coyne, Jerry A. [Coyne, Jerry A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin USA
Published: 2015-04-20T23:00:00+00:00

A word of caution is needed when inserting specific divine action by God in this or that or any other area where scientific understanding is currently lacking. From solar eclipses in olden times to the movement of the planets in the Middle Ages, to the origins of life today, this “God of the gaps” approach has all too often done a disservice to religion (and by implication, to God, if that’s possible). Faith that places God in the gaps of current understanding about the natural world may be headed for crisis if advances in science subsequently fill those gaps.

Indeed. Yet in the same book Collins violates his own prescription, arguing that God is the best explanation for not only the “fine-tuning” of the universe’s physical constants, but also the innate moral feelings shared by most people.

The soothing feeling of having quasi-scientific evidence for your God is simply too alluring, leading even liberal believers to show the kind of ambivalence we saw in Collins. Here are some phenomena repeatedly cited by the new natural theology as evidence for God:

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