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God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion
par Victor J. Stenger
Book Description
Publication Date: April 24, 2012
It has become the prevalent view among sociologists, historians, and some theistic scientists that religion and science have never been in serious conflict. Some even claim that Christianity was responsible for the development of science. In God and the Folly of Faith, physicist Victor J. Stenger shows that this conclusion flies in the face of the historical facts.In a sweeping historical survey that begins with ancient Greek science and proceeds through the Renaissance and Enlightenment to contemporary advances in physics and cosmology, Stenger makes a convincing case that Christianity held back the progress of science for one thousand years. It is significant, he notes, that the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century occurred only after the revolts against established ecclesiastic authorities in the Renaissance and Reformation opened up new avenues of thought.
The author goes on to detail how religion and science are fundamentally incompatible in several areas: the origin of the universe and its physical parameters, the origin of complexity, holism versus reductionism, the nature of mind and consciousness, and the source of morality.
In the end, Stenger is most troubled by the negative influence that organized religion often exerts on politics and society. He points out antiscientific attitudes embedded in popular religion that are being used to suppress scientific results on issues of global importance, such as overpopulation and environmental degradation. When religion fosters disrespect for science, it threatens the generations of humanity that will follow ours.
This thorough and hard-hitting critique is must reading for anyone interested in the interaction between religion and science.
Review
Crisis of Faith: Atheism, Emerging Technologies and the Future of Humanity"Vic Stenger has put to rest the myth that science and religion can coexist peacefully. God and the Folly of Faith is a comprehensive and thoroughly engaging account of religion's unrelenting two-thousand-year campaign to thwart, subvert and suppress science. Stenger begins with the ancient Greeks' persecution of pre-socratic scholars and continues the tale through modern pop-gurus who use quantum physics to "prove" we can change reality with our minds. Folly shines a spotlight on religion's millenia-long anti-science campaign. It should be on the reading list of anyone concerned about religion's current attacks on evolution, global warming, stem-cell research and psychiatry."
--Craig A. James, author, The Religion Virus
I cannot express enough in a short review just how incredible this book is. Contrary to a certain other review, Stenger is just the atheist I have been waiting for. An atheist who argues without ridiculing any religion or religious individual. Instead he argues with pure logic. To see this book as an "assault" on religion is a complete misunderstanding. What this book is is an assault on irrationality, ignorance, and arrogance. It is a fight for true knowledge. True knowledge that can only be achieved through science. Stenger writes an a most admirable way. He isn't overly articulate but that's not to say that he writes in a "pop-sci for dummies" fashion. One must possess a certain degree of understanding in science and physics to fully admire certain chapter. I simply cannot put this book down since i bought it. Every weak argument any creationist has to spew out is more than likely covered in this book. One must simply approach the book with an open mind.
--Robert M
Utilizing his knowledge of both philosophy and science, Stenger provides a comprehensive and highly sophisticated defense of atheism. Simultaneously, he tears down with masterful precision many of the arguments leveled against atheism by authors ranging from William Lane Craig to Dinesh D'Souza. Stenger's book is a must-read for everyone interested in the question of God's existence and the reasonableness of religious belief."
--Phil Torres,
About the Author
Victor J. Stenger is adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado and emeritus professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Hawaii. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller God: The Failed Hypothesis, and many other books, including The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning, The New Atheism, Quantum Gods, The Unconscious Quantum, The Comprehensible Cosmos, Timeless Reality, Physics and Psychics and Has Science Found God?
God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion
par Victor J. Stenger
Book Description
Publication Date: April 24, 2012
It has become the prevalent view among sociologists, historians, and some theistic scientists that religion and science have never been in serious conflict. Some even claim that Christianity was responsible for the development of science. In God and the Folly of Faith, physicist Victor J. Stenger shows that this conclusion flies in the face of the historical facts.In a sweeping historical survey that begins with ancient Greek science and proceeds through the Renaissance and Enlightenment to contemporary advances in physics and cosmology, Stenger makes a convincing case that Christianity held back the progress of science for one thousand years. It is significant, he notes, that the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century occurred only after the revolts against established ecclesiastic authorities in the Renaissance and Reformation opened up new avenues of thought.
The author goes on to detail how religion and science are fundamentally incompatible in several areas: the origin of the universe and its physical parameters, the origin of complexity, holism versus reductionism, the nature of mind and consciousness, and the source of morality.
In the end, Stenger is most troubled by the negative influence that organized religion often exerts on politics and society. He points out antiscientific attitudes embedded in popular religion that are being used to suppress scientific results on issues of global importance, such as overpopulation and environmental degradation. When religion fosters disrespect for science, it threatens the generations of humanity that will follow ours.
This thorough and hard-hitting critique is must reading for anyone interested in the interaction between religion and science.
Review
Crisis of Faith: Atheism, Emerging Technologies and the Future of Humanity"Vic Stenger has put to rest the myth that science and religion can coexist peacefully. God and the Folly of Faith is a comprehensive and thoroughly engaging account of religion's unrelenting two-thousand-year campaign to thwart, subvert and suppress science. Stenger begins with the ancient Greeks' persecution of pre-socratic scholars and continues the tale through modern pop-gurus who use quantum physics to "prove" we can change reality with our minds. Folly shines a spotlight on religion's millenia-long anti-science campaign. It should be on the reading list of anyone concerned about religion's current attacks on evolution, global warming, stem-cell research and psychiatry."
--Craig A. James, author, The Religion Virus
I cannot express enough in a short review just how incredible this book is. Contrary to a certain other review, Stenger is just the atheist I have been waiting for. An atheist who argues without ridiculing any religion or religious individual. Instead he argues with pure logic. To see this book as an "assault" on religion is a complete misunderstanding. What this book is is an assault on irrationality, ignorance, and arrogance. It is a fight for true knowledge. True knowledge that can only be achieved through science. Stenger writes an a most admirable way. He isn't overly articulate but that's not to say that he writes in a "pop-sci for dummies" fashion. One must possess a certain degree of understanding in science and physics to fully admire certain chapter. I simply cannot put this book down since i bought it. Every weak argument any creationist has to spew out is more than likely covered in this book. One must simply approach the book with an open mind.
--Robert M
Utilizing his knowledge of both philosophy and science, Stenger provides a comprehensive and highly sophisticated defense of atheism. Simultaneously, he tears down with masterful precision many of the arguments leveled against atheism by authors ranging from William Lane Craig to Dinesh D'Souza. Stenger's book is a must-read for everyone interested in the question of God's existence and the reasonableness of religious belief."
--Phil Torres,
About the Author
Victor J. Stenger is adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado and emeritus professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Hawaii. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller God: The Failed Hypothesis, and many other books, including The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning, The New Atheism, Quantum Gods, The Unconscious Quantum, The Comprehensible Cosmos, Timeless Reality, Physics and Psychics and Has Science Found God?
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