Welcome to Part 11 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. I simply was not able to finish my comments on Coyne’s fourth chapter, “Faith Strikes Back,” in Part 10, and so here in Part 11 I am going to address the final two items Coyne brings up in his fourth chapter….
Welcome to Part 10 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. In this post, I will conclude my comments on Coyne’s fourth chapter, “Faith Strikes Back.” I will specifically analyze Coyne’s comments regarding what he calls the “Scientism Canard,” as well as his comments regarding the notions that “Science Can’t Prove God…
Welcome to Part 9 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. In these next two posts, I will take a look at chapter 4: “Faith Strikes Back,” in which Coyne addresses a number of arguments used to challenge his assertion that religion and science are in conflict. In the first part of…
Welcome to Part 8 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. We are in the middle of chapter 3: “Why Accommodationism Fails.” Do you want to know what would convince Jerry Coyne of Christianity? Then this is the post for you! Let’s get started. What Would Convince Coyne of Miracles and Christianity?Coyne’s…
We now come to Part 7 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact, where I will begin to discuss his comments in Chapter 3: “Why Accommodationism Fails.” A Very Brief Overview of the ChapterChapter 3 is roughly 50 pages long, but when it gets right down to it, providing an overview of…
We now come to Part 6 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact, where I will attempt to finish up my comments on chapter 2 of his book. Christianity, Scientology and Mormonism: Religious ConflationAnother characteristic of Coyne’s analysis is his failure to distinguish between different religions and cults. To be sure, the…
We now come to Part 5 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. In this post I will conclude my thoughts on Coyne’s second chapter, entitled, “What’s Incompatible?” In this post, I want to comment on (1) Coyne’s take on the early Church Fathers, (2) his failure to distinguish between various religions…
We now come to chapter 2 of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. The chapter is entitled, “What’s Incompatible?” And, to get right to the point, here is what Coyne’s answer to that question is: Methods. He writes: “My claim is this: science and religion are incompatible because they have different methods for getting knowledge…
We now come to Part 3 of my book analysis of Jerry Coyne’s Faith vs. Fact. In my previous post, I gave a general overview of chapter 1 and then discussed Coyne’s referencing of Galileo and the Scopes Monkey Trial as examples that “religion” (i.e. Christianity) has always been antagonistic toward science. A basic knowledge…
As we now start getting into the details of Jerry Coyne’s book Faith vs. Fact, I am going to try to cover each chapter in the same manner. I am going to first provide a brief synopsis/overview of the main points or topics Coyne covers in that particular chapter, and then I will proceed to…