Dr. Gerald Schroeder addresses contentious issue of science and religion at Oxford University Chabad Society
The annual Baruch Samuel Brackman Memorial Lecture on Science and religion
The Oxford University Chabad Society was honoured to host on Wednesday 5th November an evening lecture presented by the renowned Israeli scientist, Gerald Schroeder.
The annual Baruch Samuel Brackman Memorial Lecture was delivered before a large audience of around one hundred, including scientists as well as students and scholars working in the humanities and social sciences, drawn from both the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University
Dr Schroeder, who is an MIT-trained scientist who has worked in both physics and biology, and who has emerged in recent years as one of the most popular and accessible apostles for the melding of science and religion, spoke for well over one hour on the difficulties of the idea of randomness in Darwinian theory, proposing forcefully for the theory of design in creation, the relationship between science and religion, and various aspects of Jewish mysticism. Professor Schroeder also made reference to, and expounded upon, his numerous publications, which include Genesis and the Big Bang, The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom, and The Hidden Face of God: Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth. Following his lecture, Prof. Schroeder answered a number of questions from the audience.
Professor Antony Flew, one of the world's most famous atheists for the last 50 years, who in 2004 stated in a symposium on science and religion that the discoveries of modern science have led him to accept the existence of God, wrote a message for the evening, presented by the Chairman, Rabbi Eli Brackman. The message was an attack on Richard Dawkins’ book The God Delusion, in which, according to Flew, Dawkins violates the basic rules of academic controversy by attacking the subject he claims to be arguing against. He also said it was the complexity of the organic world that led him to believe in God, similar to Albert Einstein who was struck by the complexity of the physical world that led him to believe in God.
Flew also stated emphatically that he had never believed that science had anything to do with religion directly, and that he had never believed they were incompatible. Subsequently, Prof. Schroeder added to this with some reflections upon the important influence that Anthony Flew had had upon his own intellectual development.
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