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physicist, philosopher, christian in one person

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:51 am
by 1over137
Who do you know who is good physicist, philosopher and christian at the same time?
I know some, but wanna know some more. Who is the biggest guru?

Re: physicist, philosopher, christian in one person

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:09 am
by Canuckster1127
Not necessarily professionals on in each of the first 2, but off the top of my head I'd offer:

Francis Collins
Rich Deem
C.S. Lewis (deceased)
Hugh Ross
Dan Stoner

Re: physicist, philosopher, christian in one person

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:32 am
by Byblos
1over137 wrote:Who do you know who is good physicist, philosopher and christian at the same time?
I know some, but wanna know some more. Who is the biggest guru?
Robert Spitzer, PHD in astrophysics and philosophy. One of the most brilliant minds I've ever had the pleasure of reading his material or listening to his lectures. His latest book, New Proofs For The Existence Of God, is a must read. His website is Magis Center of Reason and faith.

Re: physicist, philosopher, christian in one person

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:41 am
by 1over137
thanks Byblos, I will definitely look at that.

Re: physicist, philosopher, christian in one person

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:27 am
by 1over137
Byblos wrote:
1over137 wrote:Who do you know who is good physicist, philosopher and christian at the same time?
I know some, but wanna know some more. Who is the biggest guru?
Robert Spitzer, PHD in astrophysics and philosophy. One of the most brilliant minds I've ever had the pleasure of reading his material or listening to his lectures. His latest book, New Proofs For The Existence Of God, is a must read. His website is Magis Center of Reason and faith.
Am I blind? I do not see in his bio that he has PhD from astrophysics, not even on wikipedia.

Btw, the one I know is John Polkinghorne.
http://www.polkinghorne.net
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Polki ... 27_College

Re: physicist, philosopher, christian in one person

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:47 am
by Dallas
ME!!!! I'm just not good at all of them :P

Re: physicist, philosopher, christian in one person

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:51 am
by 1over137
Dallas wrote:ME!!!! I'm just not good at all of them :P
you are not good Christian? :esurprised: :ewink:

Re: physicist, philosopher, christian in one person

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:54 am
by Canuckster1127
This link may be of interest as well.

http://www.gci.org/science/astrophysics

Re: physicist, philosopher, christian in one person

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:58 am
by Dallas
1over137 wrote:
Dallas wrote:ME!!!! I'm just not good at all of them :P
you are not good Christian? :esurprised: :ewink:
AHHH!!! I meant 2/3 of them :(

Re: physicist, philosopher, christian in one person

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:05 am
by Byblos
1over137 wrote:
Byblos wrote:
1over137 wrote:Who do you know who is good physicist, philosopher and christian at the same time?
I know some, but wanna know some more. Who is the biggest guru?
Robert Spitzer, PHD in astrophysics and philosophy. One of the most brilliant minds I've ever had the pleasure of reading his material or listening to his lectures. His latest book, New Proofs For The Existence Of God, is a must read. His website is Magis Center of Reason and faith.
Am I blind? I do not see in his bio that he has PhD from astrophysics, not even on wikipedia.
PhD in philosophy, sorry. But he's a great astrophysicist nonetheless. Listen to his lecture on Contemporary Physics and God starting here (7 parts, 10 mins each) or the one on the Anthropic Principle here (4 parts, 10 mins each).

Re: physicist, philosopher, christian in one person

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:11 am
by Canuckster1127
I'm not a good Christian.

I am who I am by grace and Christ alone.

Re: physicist, philosopher, christian in one person

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:20 am
by 1over137
Byblos wrote: PhD in philosophy, sorry. But he's a great astrophysicist nonetheless. Listen to his lecture on Contemporary Physics and God starting here (7 parts, 10 mins each) or the one on the Anthropic Principle here (4 parts, 10 mins each).
Yeah, I watched first three parts and Robert Spitzer seems to know a lot. It would be interesting to see him in a debate with Neil Turok.

Re: physicist, philosopher, christian in one person

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:58 pm
by 1over137
I found the following interesting list of Christian thinkers in science:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ch ... in_science
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