Science, Evidence, and the Existence of God

WSJ Opinion: Free Expression

Gerard Baker, Editor at Large, The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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For most of the last few centuries, advances in scientific understanding have seemed to undermine arguments for the existence of God. Physical phenomena ascribed to a deity have been discovered to have natural explanations. But some think that recent scientific discoveries have actually strengthened the case for the existence of at least some supernatural original creator. A new book, by Michel-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies, two French authors, argues for a science-based belief in God. On this episode of Free Expression, Gerry Baker speaks with Bolloré, one of the authors of “God, the Science, the Evidence”. They discuss how the Big Bang and the creation of the universe could be the first sign of a creator, how a belief in God is different from having faith, and whether reason can make the case that Jesus Christ was the Son of God. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.7	I'm Jerry Baker, editor at large of the journal.
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0:44.5	break from the earthly matters, the hurly-burly of politics and economics and markets.
0:49.9	And we're going to take a look at the little question of the existence of God. Now, of course,
0:56.5	this is a question that has been on the minds, literally, of just about every single human that
1:01.3	ever existed. And it continues to be so. Arguably, there's something of a revival of
1:06.3	interest in religion in the last few years after a long period where in this country and
1:10.7	indeed in much of the developed world, religion has been declining. But the particular topic
1:15.1	I want to look at today is the question of the existence of God in relation to the evolving
1:23.2	understanding of scientific evidence about the world than the universe, the cosmos.
1:29.8	It's been typically the case, I think, throughout human history, that religion and science have
1:36.8	pretty much been in tension over centuries. The more scientific knowledge that was
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