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Unbelievable? 3 Jul 2010 - Is God a failed hypothesis? Pr 2 - Victor Stenger vs. David Bartholomew
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Can we use science to ascertain whether prayer works? Data from a series of prayer experiments is part of the evidence that US atheist scientist Victor Stenger uses to build the case against God in his best-selling book "God: The failed hypothesis".
David Bartholomew is a Christian and Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the London School of Economics. He has written a paper contesting Stenger's use of data to disprove God as invalid.
They debate the issues on whether we can detect or disprove God using scientific methods.
For Victor Stenger see http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/VWeb/Media.html
For David Bartholomew see http://www.djbartholomew.com/
For the Science and Christian Belief Journal his paper will be published in http://www.scienceandchristianbelief.org
For more Christian/non Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes
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To join the discussion visit the "Unbelievable?" Group of the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable
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Manage episode 210471322 series 2360079
Can we use science to ascertain whether prayer works? Data from a series of prayer experiments is part of the evidence that US atheist scientist Victor Stenger uses to build the case against God in his best-selling book "God: The failed hypothesis".
David Bartholomew is a Christian and Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the London School of Economics. He has written a paper contesting Stenger's use of data to disprove God as invalid.
They debate the issues on whether we can detect or disprove God using scientific methods.
For Victor Stenger see http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/VWeb/Media.html
For David Bartholomew see http://www.djbartholomew.com/
For the Science and Christian Belief Journal his paper will be published in http://www.scienceandchristianbelief.org
For more Christian/non Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes
If you enjoyed this programme you may also enjoy
To join the discussion visit the "Unbelievable?" Group of the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable
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