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natural selection,
xiii
,
35
,
51
,
93–97
,
100
,
102
,
104
,
105
,
109
,
124
,
126
,
129
,
205
,
207

naturalism,
xiii
,
xvii
,
4
,
10
,
36
,
38
,
64
,
78
,
99
   Darwinian naturalism,
xvii
Nature’s Destiny
,
133
Nazis,
193
Neanderthals,
125
Nero,
144
New Age Movement,
48
“new atheists” (
see
atheism/
   atheist)

New Testament,
xv
,
12
,
21
,
53
,
143
,
148
,
155
,
156
,
166–69
,
175
,
176
,
178–181
,
183
,
200
,
201

New York City,
14
,
23
,
210
New York University,
221
,
222
Newsboys,
209
Newsweek
,
6
Newton, Sir Isaac,
76
,
78
,
80
Newton, John,
192
,
199
Nietzsche, Friedrich,
3
,
50
,
116
,
117
,
122
,
232
9/11,
14–15
,
21
,
45–46
,
211
,
222
No God—No Evil,
42–44
Nobel Prize,
66
,
75
,
99
Nolan, Christopher,
40–41
North America,
xv
,
217–19
North Korea,
57

O

O
ccam’s razor (
see also
William of
   Occam),
102
Old Testament,
150
,
158
,
165–67
,
169
,
179–181
,
194
,
203
Olivier, Frans,
211

On the Origin of Species
,
67
,
88
,
91
,
95
,
96
,
205
One Solitary Life
,
161–62
origin of life,
69
,
96
,
103
,
113
,
125
,
240
Osiris,
149
Oxford University,
20
,
21
,
42
,
80
,
85
,
86
,
88
,
96
,
100
,
141
,
189
,
216

P

P
ascal, Blaise,
230
,
236
,
241
Paul, the apostle,
2
,
9
,
31
,
41
,
58
,
154–56
,
177
,
200
,
237–40
Penzias, Arno,
66
Persia/Persian,
147
,
148
,
150
,
180
,
186
personhood,
135
,
136
Philippines,
213
,
214

philosophy,
xiii
,
6
,
10
,
13
,
14
,
20
,
32
,
38
,
42–43
,
47–48
,
52
,
70
,
101
,
116
,
118–19
,
122
,
129–130
,
132
,
158–59
,
189
,
216
,
222
,
223–24
,
231
,
234
,
242

Plantinga, Alvin,
101
Plato,
70
,
108
,
198
Pliny the Younger,
145
Pol Pot,
11
,
54
Polkinghorne, John,
24
,
37
postmodern,
xvi
,
183
prayer,
60
,
64
,
72
,
231
priests who abuse children,
13
primordial soup,
97
prophecy,
172
,
180
protection of children (
see
grace, impact of)
Protestant,
201–02
,
214
,
218
psalmist,
125
pseudogenes (
see
DNA)
punctuated equilibrium,
110
Purple Books,
217
Purpose Driven Life, The
,
119

Q

Q
(New Testament source
    document),
177
Queen’s University
,
111
Quest of the Historical Jesus
,
143
Qumran,
169
Qur’an,
228

R

R
amsay, William,
178
rational thought,
46
,
174
Real Christianity
,
xi
,
191

reason,
xiii
,
xvi
,
9
,
18
,
19–22
,
26
,
28
,
30–32
,
35–36
,
38–39
,
45
,
55
,
70
,
85
,
121
,
130
,
146
,
228
   faith and reason,
23
,
27–28
   science and reason,
xiii
,
7

Reding, Brant,
227–230
red-shift effect,
68
Reed, Jonathan,
156

religion,
xiii
,
xvi
,
xvii
,
xviii
,
3
,
4
,
6
,
7
,
12–14
,
18
,
20
,
24–26
,
33
,
37
,
38
,
46
,
53
,
69
,
73
,
97
,
120
,
157–58
,
187–89
,
191
,
201
,
203
,
210
,
215
,
217
,
218
,
225
,
228–232
,
234

     and science,
37–38
     grace and,
188
religious belief,
7
,
15
,
32
,
218
,
239
religious fundamentalists,
6
Religulous
,
148
resurrection,
xix
,
chapter 7
    (
139–162
),
165
,
167
,
174–76
,
187
,
194
,
223
,
238
Robertson, David,
120
Robinson, John A. T.,
154
Roman Empire,
xvii
,
149
,
156
,
186
,
197
Rome,
144
,
185–86
,
197
,
199
,
201
Ross, Hugh,
42
,
61
,
74
,
80
,
94
,
98
,
106

Russell, Bertrand,
67
,
118
Russia,
11
,
53
,
209
,
210

S

S
agan, Carl,
67
,
114–15
,
138
salvation,
xviii
,
xix
,
153
,
157
,
160
,
176
,
194
,
200
,
202
Sandage, Allan,
75
Sanders, Bob,
217
Sanders, E. P.,
155
Sartre, Jean-Paul,
53
,
118
Schaeffer, Francis,
40
,
121
,
124

science,
xiii
,
1
,
6
,
20
,
22–25
,
32–38
,
47–49
,
55
,
69
,
73
,
77
,
84
,
86
,
92
,
95
,
96
,
106–09
,
119
,
120
,
123
,
167–68
,
178
,
184
,
208
,
220
,
221
,
223
,
228
,
234
,
237
,
239
,
240
,
242
   and faith,
xiv
,
24–25
,
221
   and reason,
7
,
228
   and religion,
37–38
,
55
   science fiction,
84
,
100

“Science, Philosophy and Religion:
   a Symposium,”
38
scientific exploration,
133
scientism, philosophy of,
32–33
,
48
Scotus,
70
Scripture,
25
,
29–31
,
131
,
152
,
154
,
157
,
158
,
chapter 8
(
163–184
),
206–08
,
223
,
140
secular religion,
xvii
secularism,
3
,
216
sense of right and wrong,
44
,
51
,
207
Septuagint,
166
SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial
               Intelligence),
114
SHARPER (
s
ame,
h
istoric,
a
rchaeological,
r
eliable
   manuscripts,
p
rophetic,
e
xtraordinary impact,
r
elevant),
175

Shaw, Dan,
18
Shermer, Michael,
74–75
Singapore,
215
Singer, Peter,
130

skeptic/radical skeptic,
xii–xviii
, xxi,
4
,
8
,
12
,
22
,
23
,
28
,
31
,
37
,
39
,
47
,
54
,
56
,
73
,
75
,
97
,
100
,
106
,
109
,
124
,
129
,
130
,
143
,
144
,
148
,
155
,
156
,
172
,
174
,
176
,
179–182
,
184
,
188
,
191
,
201
,
202
,
206
,
207
,
214
,
222
,
224
,
225
,
228
,
230
,
236
,
242

skeptical,
xi
,
7
,
18
,
56
,
69
,
72
,
73
,
143
,
155
,
180
,
231
skepticism,
xiii
, xxi,
23
,
124
,
164
,
242
Smith, Adam,
198
Smith, Joseph,
230
Smithsonian,
124
Socratic Club,
88
Soliman, Shaddy,
212
South America,
xv
,
95
,
217
Southern Methodist University,
1
special revelation/general
   revelation,
172
speciesism,
130–31
specified complexity,
108
Spencer, Herbert,
51
Spinoza,
70
Spirit (
see
Holy Spirit)
spiritual,
3
,
9
,
14
,
58
,
62
,
185
,
200
,
213
,
215
,
216
,
218
,
222
,
225
,
231
   awakening,
xv
,
3
,
212
,
216
   beings,
58
,
60
   dimension,
47
,
58
   growth,
3
   hunger,
137
   laws,
5
,
6
   slavery/bondage,
200
   truth,
117

   weapons,
60
   world,
47
,
55
spirituality,
231
,
234
spontaneous creation,
75
,
76
Stalin, Joseph,
11
,
54
Stark, Rodney,
201
,
205
,
206
Steele, Philip,
16
Stenger, Victor,
74
,
81
Sterrett, Dave,
151
Stetzer, Ed,
218
Stoics,
239
straw men,
13
string theory,
83
Strobel, Lee,
153
suicide bombers,
13
,
47
suffering,
5
,
53
,
116
,
118
   evil and,
28
,
54
,
57
,
61
,
62
,
64
superman,
122
survival of the fittest,
50–52
,
59
,
129

T

Tacitus,
144
Tanakh
,
165
Tattersall, Ian,
128
Taunton, Larry,
42
,
141
,
189–190
,
202
TED.com talk,
101
Ten Commandments,
181
terror/terrorists,
12
,
21
,
41
,
45
,
46
,
215
textual criticism,
167–68
Thallus,
145–46
theism/theist/theistic,
4
,
9
,
10
,
25
,
45
,
74
,
79
,
87
,
88
,
90
,
91
,
102
,
124
   anti-theist,
26
   Christian theist,
107
   non-theist,
106–07
theistic worldview (
see
worldview)
There Is a God: How the World’s

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