RESOURCES ON SCIENCE & EVOLUTION 

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Transcriptions of commentaries by Gregory Koukl from the radio broadcast Stand to Reason.

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Commentaries on Science

• Can Science Test Prayer? -- Greg explains why the answer is 'No.'
• Cosmic Junk? -- Greg's response to a letter which asserted there is no qualitative difference between animals and humans
• Faith and Facts -- Can you give a good definition of biblical faith? How does it relate to science?
• Sagan and Scientism -- When science reasons it reasons inductively and it reasons basically the same way as we would reason about the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
• Science Doesn't Tell Us Anything Important -- There's something very important to you that science didn't discover: your soul.
• Science Held Hostage -- In the current rift between science and religion, two parallel errors have widened the gap. Science and religion can be compatible, but not unless both sides of the debate surrender some cherished ground.
• Science Isn't, Science Is -- To say Intelligent Design isn't scientific involves two false assumptions.
• Science: Philosophy's Handmaiden -- Philosophy and math must come before you can do any science.
• The Upper Story Leap -- What's at heart here is not so much science and facts, but a philosophy of doing science which says that you can only talk about things which are scientific and you must remove any reference to a supernatural force whatsoever.
• Unbelievable Unbelief -- If the wager is your life, what odds will you take? Find out how to pick a winner.
• Weighing a Chicken With a Yardstick -- Can science disprove the existence of the soul? Here Greg deals with advances in computer science and neurology, and the limitations of science.
• What Science Can't Prove -- If science can't even disprove the existence of unicorns, how can it disprove the existence of God?

• Chance & Dignity -- Does Man have a purpose and a destiny, or are these just "useful fictions?" Perspective on those who look to ET to somehow restore human value and dignity.
• Designed by Natural Selection -- Could it be the evolutionists who are being irrational?
• Did Morals Evolve? -- If the answer is yes, then we are in trouble.
• Dominos, Determinism, and Naturalism -- Those who choose to believe in determinism or physicalism don't choose to believe at all, they believe because of prior physical conditions.
• Earth Day for Evolutionists - The evolutionary world view can't sustain the idea behind Earth Day.
• Evolution Can't Explain Morality -- If you argue that morality evolved, you may end up saying that one "ought" to be selfish.
• Evolution - Philosophy, Not Science -- Greg shows that Darwin's General Theory of Evolution has nothing to do with science.
• Following the Evidence -- Can the argument really be made that the Christian view is less biased than your average scientist's or historian's?
• God and Evolution -- What is the problem with evolutionists referring to "Mother Nature?"
• Missing Links -- The search for missing links assumes the truth of evolution. One big assumption is that similarities in the bodies imply a biogenetic relationship and ancestry.
• Oreos & Origins -- Many scientists exclude God as an explanation for any event. In some cases, agent causation (i.e. God) is the only rational conclusion.
• Phar Lap & Phossils -- In scientific debate, the Christian is often saddled with a handicap similar to that of the famed Australian racehorse Phar Lap.
• Prophecy and People: Both Designed to Fit -- Greg sees a parallel between the evidence for grand design in nature and the fulfillment of Messianic prophecy by Jesus.
• Star Light & the Age of the Universe -- The question is, how do you know the stars are really there? You don't see the light of anything that existed. You're seeing an image created in transit of an event that never took place.
• The Real Issue of Scopes -- Can one question evolution on a nonreligious basis? Greg discusses how the problems with the theory of evolution are rooted in science, not religion.
• The Upper Story Leap -- What's at heart here is not so much science and facts, but a philosophy of doing science which says that you can only talk about things which are scientific and you must remove any reference to a supernatural force whatsoever.