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Sunday Times gives a lukewarm review to an accommodationist book

The only reason to write books about reconciling science and religion—as opposed to, say, reconciling sports and religion or business and religion—is if the two fields conflict in some way, and thus require reconciliation. After all, if  religion were purely philosophical, lacking any empirical claims, there would be no need to reconcile science and religion, … Continue reading Sunday Times gives a lukewarm review to an accommodationist book

The BBC osculates religion and touts accommodationism—with a little help from Templeton

Reader Mark Jones called my attention (as did other readers) to this three-part BBC show with an accommodationist theme (click on screenshot), whose first part aired yesterday morning in the UK. Mark did some digging on the show and its host, Nick Spencer, and found substantial Templeton influence and dosh behind it. His summary is … Continue reading The BBC osculates religion and touts accommodationism—with a little help from Templeton

An accommodationist recommends five accommodationist books

Q: Why are accommodationist historians of science like Reza Aslan? A: The historians say the Galileo episode had nothing to do with Catholicism, while Aslan says that ISIS has nothing to do with Islam. And this is by way of introducing a new Five Books piece in which a religionist recommends books on science and religion. As you … Continue reading An accommodationist recommends five accommodationist books

Boudry’s Ten Commandments for faitheism

Philosopher Maarten Boudry at Ghent University, whom we’ve featured on this site before (see here and here, for instance), is a fierce opponent of accommodationism and has written a slew of good papers, sometimes with collaborators like Yonatan Fishman, on misconceptions about the “supernatural” and on failed attempts to reconcile science and religion. In other words, he’s a philosopher … Continue reading Boudry’s Ten Commandments for faitheism

Two readers testify that evolution helped them give up religion

Since Tuesday I’ve gotten two heartening letters from readers, both erstwhile religionists who abandoned their faith at least partly after learning about evolution. One was a Mormon, the other a Jehovah’s Witness. And both gave me permission to publish their emails and their identities. I have to admit that I’m pleased that I was given credit … Continue reading Two readers testify that evolution helped them give up religion

The National Center for Science Education becomes BioLogos

The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) has done some great work in court (and other places) quashing attempts of creationists (IDers or otherwise) to get their falsities taught in public schools. And for that I applaud them. But I don’t applaud them for their constant coddling of religion, guided by the unevidenced belief that if … Continue reading The National Center for Science Education becomes BioLogos

How to recognize a hidebound accommodationist

Just use the Galileo Test. It’s the test I use to discern whether people will defend religion (or “belief in belief”) at all costs, regardless of the facts, or argue that there is no contradiction between science and religion. Here’s how the test works:  just ask someone acquainted with Galileo’s dispute with the Church what, … Continue reading How to recognize a hidebound accommodationist

An increasingly common argument of religionists and faitheists

As science advances at the expense of religion, the faithful evolve new strategies to keep to the trenches and avoid a retreat. One of these runs something like this (not a literal quote; I’m confecting the argument): “The New Atheist accusation that religion rests on literal beliefs is bunk. Dawkins and all you miltant atheists … Continue reading An increasingly common argument of religionists and faitheists