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CFI Presents "Science and God" - a lecture by Dr. Victor StengerSaturday, October 22, 2011 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)Vancouver, British Columbia |
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Centre For Inquiry Vancouver is pleased to present a lecture by particle physicist and New York Times best-selling author Dr. Victor Stenger, titled 'Science and God'.
"Science is based on the objective observation of the world as presented to our senses. Religion is based on faith in the existence of a transcendent world beyond the senses. Thus, science and religion are fundamentally incompatible. This incompatibility is more than just an intellectual debate among scholars. Belief in ancient myths joins with other negative forces in our society to keep most of the world from advancing scientifically, economically, and socially at a time when a rapid advancement in these areas is absolutely essential for the survival of humanity.
It is commonly believed that science has nothing to say about God, that it can’t prove or disprove the existence of God. While that may be true for every conceivable god, it’s not the case for a god with the attributes of the God worshipped by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Such a God is believed to play such an important role in the operation of the universe and in the lives of humans that his existence should have been confirmed by now."
About Dr. Victor Stenger
Dr. Victor Stenger is adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado and emeritus professor of physics at the University of Hawaii. He has also held visiting positions on the faculties of the University of Heidelberg in Germany, Oxford in England, and the University of Florence in Italy.
Dr. Stenger’s research career spanned the period of great progress in elementary particle physics that ultimately led to the current standard model. In his last project before retiring, Dr. Stenger collaborated on the underground experiment in Japan that showed for the first time that the neutrino has mass. The Japanese leader of the project shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics for this very important discovery.
Dr. Stenger has had a parallel career as an author of ten critically acclaimed popular-level books that interface between physics and cosmology and philosophy, religion, and pseudoscience. His 2007 book God: The Failed Hypothesis. How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist was a New York Times best-seller. His most recent book is The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning.
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When & Where
Room 100, Wesbrook Building, UBC
6174 University Boulevard
Vancouver,
British Columbia V6T 1Z3
Canada
Saturday, October 22, 2011 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)
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Centre For Inquiry Vancouver
The Centre For Inquiry is an educational charity that promotes reason, science, skepticism, and secular values. Through a wide range of intellectual programming, featuring prominent scientists, philosophers, authors and artists, CFI examines and educates the public on issues related to science and pseudoscience, medicine and health, religion and secularism, and humanist values and ethics.
CFI also sponsors and organizes a variety of regular social events where freethinkers can meet, share their experiences, make new friends, and engage in stimulating conversation.
CFI is Canada's premiere organisation for skeptics, humanists and freethinkers. With activities from local discussion groups to international conferences and publications ranging from blogs to our Skeptical Inquirer and Free Inquiry magazines, CFI is the foremost voice defending the scientific and naturalistic outlook in all areas of human endeavour. The Centre for Inquiry is also the only organization involved at every level of society, employing community-based educational events, courses and social and community services, campus outreach, academic research, an allied publishing house, regional and national political advocacy and international observer status at the United Nations.
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