Apologetics315 Interviews

In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Dr. Stephen C. Meyer on his latest book Return of the God Hypothesis.0:43 - Intro to Dr. Stephen Meyer, author of Return of the God Hypothesis, Signature in the Cell, and Darwin’s Doubt.3:00 - Dr. Meyer’s background, education, and how he got interested in the question of intelligent design.9:58 - Meyer’s view of science and philosophy of science, the importance for understanding philosophy when doing science.16:28 - reviewing five centuries of the history of science, the false idea that science and religion have always been at war.23:49 - The reason for telling the story of the rise of science, the rejection of the God hypothesis, and its subsequent return based on the most recent scientific discoveries.28:15 - Explaining the methodology of inference to the best explanation. How this fits within theistic apologetics.36:30 - Is our goal truth, or a pre-commitment to naturalism? What challenges has Meyer faced when arguing for intelligent design?39:45 - Are