Guest Host: Tim Barnett

 

Tim Barnett discusses the compatibility of faith and science by first defining “faith” and “science” and then exploring the three problems a naturalist has to overcome in order to explain how even a single, small protein could come about on its own by chance.

 

Topics:

What is faith? (05:00)

What is science? (13:00)

How do we explain the existence of functional proteins? (32:00)

The chirality problem for naturalists (37:00)

The bonding problem for naturalists (40:00)

The sequence problem for naturalists (45:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

Are Science and Faith Compatible? by Tim Barnett – DVD

“Kinesin protein walking on microtubule” – Animation

Related Links:

Can Science Explain Everything? by John Lennox

Why Intelligent Design Isn’t a God-of-the-Gaps Argument by Tim Barnett

Why Intelligent Design Is an Argument from Knowledge, Not Ignorance by Amy Hall (quoting Stephen Meyer)

Building a Protein by Chance by Tim Barnett