In partnership with the International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA), FOCLonline is happy to announce that ICMDA has offered the following outstanding talk with Dr. John Lennox. ICMDA represents 60,000 medical and dental professionals in 110 countries ([ Ссылка ]). ICMDA hosts a weekly free webinar with a world-class expert every week on Christian, medical, and scientific issues. These talks and interviews on a long list of cutting-edge topics are available here: [ Ссылка ]
The Neo-Darwinian theory of biological evolution, the so-called modern synthesis is still regarded by many as ruling out theism. However, in order to establish this, two things need to be shown to be true: 1) that it is philosophically legitimate to deduce atheism (a worldview) from biology (a natural science), and 2) that there is scientific evidence that the theory of evolution can bear the weight placed upon it. I think the evidence shows that these claims have insubstantial warrant.
John Lennox is Professor of Mathematics (emeritus) at Oxford University and Fellow in Mathematics and Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College, Oxford. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School, Oxford University, and teaches for the Oxford Strategic Leadership Programme. Professor Lennox is particularly interested in the interface of science, philosophy, and theology and his books include 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, Where is God in a Coronavirus World?, Can Science Explain Everything?, Against the Flow (on Daniel), Seven Days that Divide the World (on Genesis 1), Gunning for God (on the new atheism),Stephen Hawking and God (a response to The Grand Design) and God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?. He has debated a number of prominent atheists, including Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Peter Singer. (www.johnlennox.org)
Peter Saunders was born in New Zealand and originally trained as a general surgeon before serving with the Africa Inland Mission in Kenya and completing two years of mission training at All Nations Christian College in the UK. From 1992 to 2018 he served full-time with Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organisation with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as members, first as Head of Student Ministries, and from 1999 as Chief Executive. From 2006 to 2018 he also served as Campaign Director of the Care Not Killing Alliance, a coalition of over 40 organisations in the UK promoting palliative care and opposing euthanasia. Since January 2019 he has been CEO of the ICMDA (International Christian Medical and Dental Association) which brings together national associations of doctors and dentists in over 80 countries worldwide. His work has involved leadership training, teaching evangelism and ethics, medical mission, writing, editing, and media work. His wife Kirsty is a retired community paediatrician and they have three sons, Christopher, Benjamin and Jonathan, and two grandchildren. They are members of Spicer Street Church, St Albans. www.icmda.net; [ Ссылка ]
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