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Reasonable Science, Reasonable Faith
To the second edition of his Principia Mathematica , published in 1713, Isaac Newton appended what he called a scholium generale . A principal concern of Newton’s had been...
The Designs of Science
In July 2005 the New York Times published my short essay “Finding Design in Nature.” The reaction has been overwhelming, and not overwhelmingly positive. In the October issue of...
The Hope of Heaven, The Hope of Earth
Many people today are worried about a certain politicization of the churches, or of some groups in the churches. The following, very fragmentary reflections are an attempt to make...
