Tolle et lege

Saint Augustine is crying and in complete turmoil. He throws himself on the grounds and begs for God’s assistance. In a state of weeping, bitter contrition Augustine hears a child’s voice from a nearby house say, in a sing-song way, “Take it and Read it” Augustine, taking it as a sign, opens the nearest book, which was Paul’s letter to the Romans and reads. Says Augustine, “it was as though my heart was filled with a light of confidence and all the shadows of my doubt were swept away.”

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Can a Scientist Believe in the Resurrection of Christ?

Can a Scientist Believe in the Resurrection of Christ?:

Brethren, peace and good to you in Jesus’ holy name. Exploring about the ‘Net I found the site dedicated to the James Gregory Public Lectures on Science and Religion, a series of 12 public lectures by eminent British and international speakers held at the University of St Andrews over a 4-year period between Dec 2007 and June 2011 on a wide range of contemporary issues in Science and Religion. According to the website, the basic aim was “to encourage constructive and open dialogue and an exchange of ideas on many intriguing points of contact between Science and Religion. With a rise of unhealthy fundamentalism, it was felt there was a need to increase understanding, so that we may be better informed about the nature of the scientific enterprise and of religious thought. Both Science and Religion have key insights about our human nature, our creativity and our possible future” quote.

Anglican Bishop N.T. “Tom” Wright was one of the lecturers. He’s an outstanding theologian, New Testament scholar, and historian with a great talent for oral and written communications. His lecture, Can a Scientist Believe in the Resurrection? is available at the site in the following formats:

These lectures are also available at the site:

Prof. Katherine Blundell - "Are we alone in the Universe?"
Prof. David Myers - "Psychology and Religion"
Prof. Colin Humphreys - "Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?"
Prof. Pauline Rudd - "Is there more to life than genes?"
Dr Bill Newsome - "The Mind - Brain or Spirit?"
Revd. Dr David Wilkinson - "God and the Big Bang"
Prof. Keith Ward - "God, Science and the New Atheism"
Prof. Ken Miller - "Life - Creation or Evolution?"
Sir John Houghton - "Global Warming - is it real and what should we do?"
Revd Dr John Polkinghorne - "Does God Interact with his Suffering World?"
Dr Bruno Guiderdoni - "Islam and Science
Dr Denis Alexander - "Has science made Religion Redundant?"
Bishop Tom Wright - "Can a Scientist Believe in the Resurrection?"

Great lectures by lots of smart people. Enjoy!

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"Stay Young" General MacArthur, 1945

Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. It is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.

Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair, these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.

Whether seventy or seventeen there is in every beings heart the love of wonder, the sweet amazement of the stars and the starlight things and thoughts, the undaunted challenge of events and the childlike appetite for what’s next, and the joy and the game of life.

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt, as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear. So long as your heart receives messages of beauty, cheer, courage, grandeur and power from the earth, from man, and from the infinite, so long you are young.