Stephen Meyer: Return of the God Hypothesis (#131)

Stephen C. Meyer received his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science
from the University of Cambridge. A former geophysicist and college
professor, he now directs Discovery Institute’s Center for Science
and Culture in Seattle. He has authored the New York Times
bestseller Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and
the Case for Intelligent Design (HarperOne, 2013), Signature in the
Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (HarperOne,
2009), which was named a Book of the Year by the Times (of London)
Literary Supplement in 2009, and now, The Return of the God
Hypothesis (HarperOne, 2021). In his first book on intelligent
design, Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent
Design (HarperOne, 2009) Meyer examined the mystery of the origin
of the first life. With Darwin’s Doubt, he has expanded the scope
of the case for intelligent design to the whole sweep of life’s
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(Stephen) on this show? 7:37 - Why do you believe in intelligent
design? 8:16 - Can Christians accept the contents of your book?
11:45 - Is NOMA legit? 16:06 - When does epistemological support
cross into evidentiary support? 19:18 - Definition of epistemic
support versus direct evidence and the historic scientific method
and the abductive inference. 21:19 - What do you make of a
cosmologist’s ability to “undo” another cosmologist’s work? Why
should we trust any cosmologist’s explanations, given that
cosmologists have historically been repeatedly disproven? 32:13 -
What would you say to someone who claims you’re cherry-picking
evidence for the mind behind the universe? 40:14 - Atheism and
Stephen Hawking 42:08 - Why do headlines tout bold claims like,
“God is dead”, when the response to the community falls on deaf
ears? 48:43 - Can you talk about the lack of scientific curiosity
present in the acceptance of scientific folklore? 54:03 - Why does
the book have Return in its name? The three metaphors. 56:29 - How
does God interact with the universe? How is the mind able to
account for the teleological purpose that we exist? 1:07:04 - Why
do seemingly obscure parts of the universe exist? What would God’s
purpose be for creating such things? 1:14:52 - Is it possible to
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