AS Philosophy of Religion

Hip Hop Creation

A hip hop musical introduction to creation and evolution- it describes the main events of the creation and then sets out the theory of evolution and the notion of the Big Bang.
Well - at least it’s different!
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Darwin’s Influence on Literature

The Newsnight panel discuss Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’.
This contains an interesting debate between Rev Richard Coles, Margaret Atwood, Ruth Padel and Richard Dawkins about why people still resist the theory of evolution.
Is it human behavior, is it the threat to religious authority or scriptural authority, is it due to an emotional barrier?
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Darwin vs Dawkins is a phenomenon of our times

Darwin shook the status quo but never went as far as publicly denying God. According to James Secord, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, “It is easy to make Darwin out to be like Richard Dawkins, and to see Darwin as an acid that eats through our belief and faith, but Darwin didn’t see it like that”.

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Origins of the Universe Revision

check this website out for a brief overview and loads of links
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The Problem of Evil Revision

Check out this web site for useful links and synopsis of the topic.
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The Problem of Suffering

Dr Alan Billings comments on the sheer precariousness of human life. He argues that to put your trust in God is to abandon all hope that life will go well simply because you are a person of faith. Drawing upon the experiences of those in Italy Dr Billings links the problem of suffering with the experience of Christ on the cross.

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More on Darwin

This is an interesting look at some of the experiments Darwin created when investigating his theory of evolution.
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Darwin and Religion

Darwins Dangerous Ideas.
Thurs 9pm. BBC2
Andrew Marr

I can’t recommend watching this enough. This is an excellent account of the origins of the science vs religion debate.

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Russells Celestial Teapot

Russells Celestial teapot analogy was designed to refute the argument that the burden of proof lies with the non-believer to disprove the claims of religions. It has been used more recently by Richard Dawkins in his book “A Devils Chaplain”. Dawkins has also reformulated the argument to be an Invisible Pink Unicorn in The God Delusion (2006).

For an interesting discussion of the flaws in Russells Celestial Teapot argument click here.

 

Darwin and Religion

This BBC Thought for the Day is a useful introduction to the issues.
Rev David Wilkinson 12th Feb
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