In the clues section, we look for clues to the answers to the big questions of God and meaning in life. Each topic discusses the facts and arguments believers and unbelievers use to support their viewpoint - a world of philosophy and ideas in just a few pages!
- clues
- Summary page: hints of another dimension
- truth
- Can we ever know that something is true?
- belief systems
- 4 types of belief systems.
- the universe
- Does there have to be a reason for everything?
- it looks like it was designed
- Fundamental universal laws which are finely tuned for life.
- a rare earth?
- How our Earth is just right for life.
- life
- Are we created or evolved, or both?
- science, faith and rnb
- How rnb has approached these questions.
- evolution and design
- Background information on evolution & intelligent design.
- people
- Are human beings special, or just advanced animals? (Is there anybody in there?)
- are our brains like computers?
- Neuroscience, human-ness & free will.
- right and wrong
- Are some things truly right or wrong?
- evil
- Does an evil world prove there can be no God?
- road tests
- How do different beliefs work out in practice?
- two stories
- Choosing between the two stories that explain everything.
the big bang and the creation of the universe
- Outline of the current scientific view of the big bang:
The University of Michigan
Wikipedia
NASA
AllAboutScience.org
University of Tennessee Astronomy lecture notes.
"The Universe: a biography". John Gribbin (2006) - "The Kalam Cosmological Argument: A Summary", Bill Ramey
- "Cosmological Arguments". This site contains dozens of references to on-line articles, mostly from an atheistic perspective, though it does include some theistic articles plus critiques of them.
- "The Existence of God and the Beginning of the Universe", William Lane Craig
- Living in the Multiverse, Steven Weinberg.
design
- The science:
"Just Six Numbers." Martin Rees (1999).
"Cosmic Coincidences." John Gribbin & Martin Rees (1989)
"The Cosmic Landscape". Leonard Susskind (2006)
"The Accidental Universe". Paul Davies (1982)
"The Mind of God". Paul Davies (1993)
"The Emperor's New Mind". Roger Penrose (1990)
"How to Rigorously Define Fine-Tuning"(draft). Robin Collins (2007)
Wikipedia: "Fine-tuned universe". Cosmological Constant. - "God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science." ed Neil Manson (2003). (Contains many viewpoints.)
- Other writings by Paul Davies:
"The Appearance of Design in Physics and Cosmology" in "God and Design" (ed. Neil Manson; Routledge, 2003).
"Physics and the Mind of God: The Templeton Prize Address" 1995.
"At the Crossroads" 1999.
"Now is the Reason for our Discontent", SMH, Jan 2003.
"Life, the universe and everything" Cosmos #14.
For a critique of Davies's conclusions, see "Davies' vague 'Blueprint' pleads dated defense of design" by Victor Stenger. - Discussions from a non-theistic viewpoint.
"The Anthropic Principle", Victor J Stenger.
"A Designer Universe?", Steven Weinberg.
"Designer Universe" Victor Stenger (2007)
"On Universes and Firing Squads, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About the Origin of the Cosmos", Michael J. Hurben. - Discussions from a theistic viewpoint:
"Cosmos and Creator", William Lane Craig.
"The Prerequisites of Life in Our Universe", John Leslie.
"The God Hypothesis". M A Corey (2001)
"Unrandom Universe". Sigmund Brouwer (2002)
"God: the evidence". Patrick Glynn - "The Anthropic Universe". The Science Show, ABC (Australia), Feb 2006.
general
"The Language of God" by Francis Collins (Free Press)
"God, Reason and Theistic Proofs" by Stephen T Davis (Edinburgh University Press). "Arguing for Atheism" by Robin le Poidevin.
The Improbability of God by Richard Dawkins, Oxford University.
"Belief in God in an Age of Science", John Polkinghorne (Yale University Press).
A scientist reflects on religious belief, prize-winning US astronomer, Allan Sandage.
"The Case for a Creator", Lee Strobel (Zondervan). For a critical review of this book, see "Another Case Not Made: A Critique of Lee Strobel's The Case for a Creator (2005)" by Paul Doland.
The Justification of Theism by Richard G. Swinburne.
links
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- Go to clues (hints of another dimension) (discussion of the clues to the meaning of life we can find in the universe).
- For the evidence for the apparent fine-tuned design of the universe, go to it looks like it was designed. and the apparent fine-tuning of earth, go to a rare earth?. For the various explanations of this apparent fine-tuning, see does there have to be a reason for everything?.