How Modern Science Strengthens the Claims of Theism

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

Science, Philosophy, Astronomy, Society & Culture, Life Sciences

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🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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On this ID The Future, Liberty McArtor, host of the Know Why Podcast, interviews Jonathan Witt on the compatibility of science and faith, both past and present. Witt is Executive Editor at Discovery Institute Press, as well as a Senior Fellow and Senior Project Manager with Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture. His latest book, co-written with Finnish bio-engineer Matti Leisola, is Heretic: One Scientist's Journey from Darwin to Design. In his conversation with McArtor, Witt describes the unique time and place that helped inspire the rise of modern science. "They had the Judeo-Christian worldview," Witt notes, "and that fired the imaginations and ordered the reasoning of those that gave birth to the scientific revolution." Witt also reviews some of the abundant scientific discoveries of the last century that are causing even committed materialists to question or reject the neo-Darwinian explanation. The all-too-common assertion that science and faith are at odds with one another is outdated. Listen in to understand just a few of the reasons why! With thanks to Liberty McArtor and the Know Why Podcast for permission to cross-post this interview.

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0:00.0	I d the future a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.4	Does science rule out faith as an impossibility?
0:16.7	And just how complicated is that question anyway?
0:20.5	Greetings, I'm Tom Gilson.
0:22.6	Today's ID the Future episode comes courtesy of the Know Why podcast hosted by Liberty
0:29.0	MacArthur.
0:30.3	She's interviewing the Discovery Institute's Jonathan Witt, and in various ways that's the question they pursue here.
0:37.0	The Christian worldview actually gave birth to science.
0:42.0	This is kind of a best kept secret. If you talk some atheists you
0:46.6	would get the idea that Christianity somehow stymied science. Liberty MacArthur. For many of us, it's not enough to know what people say about life's most important questions.
1:06.3	We also want to know why.
1:08.4	Each week, Know Why tackles tough questions on topics ranging from spirituality to current events. While we approach these issues from a Christian
1:16.0	perspective, we discuss diverse opinions and ultimately dive into what the research says. Are you ready to know why? Let's get started.
1:25.0	Our faith and science at war? Welcome to the Know Why podcast. I'm your host Liberty
1:30.1	MacArthur. Research shows that Gen. Gen. Z. the generation born after 1995 identifies as atheist at double the rate of the general
1:38.0	population.
1:39.0	46% of teens and millennials say I need factual evidence to support my
1:44.0	beliefs according to Barna Research Group. In only 28 percent of teens and 25
1:49.0	percent of young adults belief science and the Bible are complementary. In short, many people today are
1:54.4	under the impression that if you are an intellectual and believe in science, so to
1:58.8	speak, you just can't believe in God, at least not as the Bible presents him.
2:03.2	Here to challenge that notion today is my guest, Jonathan Witt.
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