God's Truth or Pious Lies? Science or Religion?

AskWhy! Publications

© Dr M D Magee
Contents Updated: Friday, 16 June 2006

Straight-line and simple ground plans can be communicated very well. They are easily remembered and are extremely influential. But they have their victims. The first and main victim, of course, is the truth. The simple approach falls to represent the complexity of events as they were.

John Bowden

Science and Religion

1. Science is mightier than the Word 13 kb 
2. The Conflict of Science with Religion 85 kb 
3. What is Truth? 60 kb 
4. Peter Stanford on Science and Christianity 14 kb 
5. C A Coulson: Science and Christian Belief 64 kb 
6. Science and Pseudoscience 54 kb 
7. Science Lectures from the Pulpit 60 kb 
8. Science for the Perplexed Christian 56 kb 
9. Science and Religion I 30 kb 
10. Science and Religion II 27 kb 
11. Science and Religion III 48 kb 
12. Criticizing Science 58 kb 
13. Science in the Bible? 44 kb 
14. God, Gould and NOMA 48 kb 
15. John Polkinghorne: Scientist as Theologian 77 kb 
16. Michael Fuller: Atoms and Icons I 32 kb 
17. Michael Fuller: Atoms and Icons II 53 kb 
18. Michael Fuller: Atoms and Icons III 36 kb 
19. Michael Fuller: Atoms and Icons IV 32 kb 
20. Michael Fuller: Atoms and Icons V 43 kb 
21. Michael Fuller: Atoms and Icons VI 39 kb 


Christianity

22. Questionnaire: Are You a Fundamentalist? 3 kb 
23. Why I am Unconvinced there is a God Ken Harding 7 kb 
24. The Jesus Family Tomb 37 kb 
25. The God Delusion 111 kb 
26. Thinking about the Resurrection 88 kb 
27. The Trouble with Theology 121 kb 
28. Salvation by Faith Alone? 58 kb 
29. Rational Christianity? 59 kb 
30. The News from the East. Rome 20s AD 26 kb 
31. A Portrait of God Infinite kb 
32. Fundamentalism 26 kb 
33. Who is Right? Jesus or Christians I 63 kb 
34. Who is Right? Jesus or Christians II 94 kb 
35. Why Believe in God? 37 kb 
36. The Practical Meaning of Christianity 23 kb 
37. Christianity in Practice 28 kb 
38. Bad Habits 30 kb 
39. The Law of Death 33 kb 
40. Christian Morality 66 kb 
41. Jesus in Fairyland 14 kb 
42. Justifications for Christianity 61 kb 
43. Mystical Experiences 44 kb 
44. Christianity in short sentences 13 kb 
45. Christianity Examined 44 kb 
46. Some Faults of the Christian Religion 19 kb 
47. What Fundamentalists Know about God’s Brain 17 kb 
48. After God, Don Cupitt and Science 96 kb 
49. Significant Soundbites 2 67 kb 
50. Significant Soundbites 1 60 kb 
51. Tough Questions for the Christian Church by James Buckner 45 kb 

Islam

52. Religious Intolerance or Liberal Tolerance 32 kb 

Polemics

53. Philosophy in an Evolutionary Light 76 kb 
54. Morality and Metaphor 58 kb 
55. Christian Liars I 41 kb 
56. Christian Liars II 40 kb 
57. Yet More Christian Lies 8 kb 
58. The Art of Being Skeptical 32 kb 
59. Tsunamis in God’s Perfect Design 19 kb 
60. The Art of Apologetics 44 kb 
61. The Delusion of the Personal God 22 kb 
62. Christianity in Court 31 kb 
63. Polemical Trickery and Propagation by Rogues 21 kb 
64. Runaway World by Michael Green 99 kb 
65. The Resurrection of Christ 34 kb 
66. Prophecies of the Messiah 21 kb 

Exodus

67. Exodus: IBSS Apologetic  43 kb 
68. Exodus: Christian Apologetic  65 kb 
69. Dennis Prager on the Exodus 14 kb 
70. Exodus: Jewish Apologetic 48 kb 

Evolution

71. Petition—A Scientific Support For Darwinism 3 kb 
72. The Purpose of Intelligent Design I 62 kb 
73. The Purpose of Intelligent Design II 62 kb 
74. The Compelling Evidence for Creationism and Intelligent Design 1 kb 
75. Evolution for Fundamentalists I 52 kb 
76. Evolution for Fundamentalists II 65 kb 
77. Evolution for Fundamentalists III 69 kb 
78. Teaching Evolution 25 kb 
79. The Cosmological Argument and Big Bang 89 kb 
80. Evolution for Perplexed Christians 29 kb 
81. The Scopes Trial 11 kb 
82. Evolution: Jewish Apologetic  50 kb 
83. Evolution and Richard Milton 26 kb 

Psychology of Religion

84. Religion in Psychology 15 kb 
85. A Christian in Psychology 19 kb 
86. The Psychology of Christianity I 59 kb 
87. The Psychology of Christianity II 75 kb 
88. The Psychology of Christianity III 81 kb 
89. The Social Psychology of Christianity I 58 kb 
90. The Social Psychology of Christianity II 57 kb 
91. The Meaning of Spirituality 19 kb 
92. National attitudes to religion: National Affinities 8 kb 
93. How I was Saved by Francis Fisher 9 kb 
94. A departing Christian on Christian Psychology 32 kb 
95. The Psychology of Christian High School Kids 24 kb 

People

96. Dinesh D’Souza, His Critics and Admirers 59 kb 
97. The Christian Coprolalia of Arnold Neumaier 24 kb 
98. The Effortless Inferiority of Howard Jacobson 22 kb 
99. John Gray tries to think 42 kb 
100. John Hick proves God 25 kb 
101. Mary Midgley on Scientists 22 kb 
102. Hershel Shanks: Who are the Nazi Scholars? 85 kb 
103. Jimmy Swaggart 6 kb 
104. Carl McIntire 7 kb 
105. Edwin Yamauchi and the Heart of Evangelism 26 kb 
106. Richard Dawkins 1996 Richard Dimbleby Lecture 24 kb 
107. Styles of Religious Belief, Richard Dawkins 12 kb 
108. Tipler on God and Hume 6 kb 

Pseudo-Science

109. Panpsychism or Sufi-Science 49 kb 
110. Biblical Archaeology 13 kb 
111. God and the Cosmologists 10 kb 
112. The Jesus Papyrus 19 kb 

Miscellaneous

113. The Dogma of the Flies 4 kb 
114. Western History Textbooks 40 kb 

Old Polemics

115. Institutes of the Christian Religion, Calvin 11 kb 
116. The Three Imposters I 44 kb 
117. The Three Imposters II 53 kb 
118. The Three Imposters III 48 kb 

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