Category Archives: Reason and Faith

Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (June 24, 2013): Christ and Science

Posted on June 26, 2013 by William Ockham

“Science alone cannot discover Christ, but Christ fulfills the desires which spring up in our hearts from the teachings of science.” — From Science and Christ (quoted in Robert Speaight, the “The Life of Teilhard de Chardin“).

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Scientific Potpourri

Posted on June 23, 2013 by William Ockham

Researchers Say Mars Had Oxygen-Rich Atmosphere 4 Billion Years Ago.  From Physics.org: Differences between Martian meteorites and rocks examined by a NASA rover can be explained if Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere 4000 million years ago—well before the rise of atmospheric … Continue reading →

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Superstring Theoretical Physicist on the Codes of Reality

Posted on June 21, 2013 by William Ockham

One of the shows on my iTunes podcast feed is NPR’s On Being with Krista Tippett. It is a refreshing rarity of a relatively mainstream radio show that offers significant substance on topics relating to religion, philosophy, science and the … Continue reading →

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Teilhard de Chardin Quote of the Week (June 17, 2013)

Posted on June 18, 2013 by William Ockham

“The great cosmic attributes of Christ, those which (particularly in St John and St Paul) accord him a universal and final primacy over creation, these attributes… only assume their full dimension in the setting of an evolution… that is both … Continue reading →

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Scientific Potpourri

Posted on June 17, 2013 by William Ockham

Here are some of the top scientific stories of the week from cosmology and evolution: Humans are Related to All Life on Earth.  In a recent article in the journal Nature, Douglas Theobald of Brandeis University concluded that there was less than … Continue reading →

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Are Christian Believers Encouraging Mockery of Their Own Beliefs?

Posted on June 10, 2013 by William Ockham

“Worship him, I beg you, in a way that is worthy of thinking beings” — Romans 12:1 (Jerusalem Bible Translation) Anyone who lives in Western society is aware that Christian intellectualism is being challenged; both explicitly by the New Atheists … Continue reading →

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MIT Survey on Science, Religion and Origins

Posted on June 6, 2013 by William Ockham

Earlier this year, in honor of Charles Darwin’s 204th birthday, Eugena Lee and Max Tegmark of the M.I.T. Department of Physics did a survey on how different religious beliefs viewed science, specifically, Big Bang cosmology and biological evolution.  Not surprisingly, the … Continue reading →

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Vatican Conference on The Emergence of the Human Being

Posted on April 26, 2013 by William Ockham

The Catholic News Service had an article on the recently concluded conference on “The Emergence of the Human Being” hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.  Other than the CNS article, I have found very little information on this conference.  I … Continue reading →

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