Ever since the Enlightenment, God and science have been kept in separate compartments and

a lot of scientists will tell you that God doesn't even exist, let alone matter, which

is of course the way it should be, or is it?

Today on Uncommon Knowledge, Dr. Stephen Meyer on his new book, The Return of the God Hypothesis.

Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge, I'm Peter Robinson. A graduate of Whitworth College, the author

Stephen Meyer holds a doctorate in the history and philosophy of science from Cambridge. In 2009,

Dr. Meyer published Signature in the Cell, DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design of Signature

in the Cell, the philosopher Thomas Nagel of NYU wrote that quote, anyone who believes God never

intervenes in the natural world will be instructed by Meyer's careful presentation of this

fiendishly difficult problem, close quote. In 2013, Dr. Meyer published Darwin's Doubt, the

explosive origin of animal life in the case for intelligent design of Darwin's Doubt, David

Galantner of Yale, one of the founders of the discipline of computer science wrote quote,

Stephen Meyer's thoughtful and meticulous book convinced me that Darwin has failed,

close quote. Dr. Meyer now directs the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery

Institute in Seattle, his newest book, The Return of the God Hypothesis, three scientific

discoveries that reveal the mind behind the universe. Stephen Meyer, thank you for joining us.

Thank you for having me, Peter. Stephen, a couple of preliminary questions. What is the God

Hypothesis? Well, the God Hypothesis is the idea that the postulation of the existence of God

provides explanatory power with respect to observations we can make about the natural world.

And in the book, I argue that the God Hypothesis provides superior explanatory power over

and against other competing metaphysical hypotheses or worldviews, whether they be de- whether

it be deism or materialism or pantheism or some other things that I consider in the book as well.

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