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Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?: A Professor and a Punk Rocker Discuss Science, Religion, Naturalism & Christianity

by · 2006

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Preston Jones (a Christian history professor and music fan) and Greg Graffin (a punk rocker with a Ph.D. in zoology) conversed via e-mail about knowledge, evil, biology, evolution, religion, God, destiny and the nature of reality. While they find some places to agree, neither one convinces the other of his perspective. Which worldview is more plausible? You decide.

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sciencescienceMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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religionreligionMore like thisLess of thisChristianChristianMore like thisLess of thismusicmusicMore like thisLess of thisspiritualityspiritualityMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
short · 164 pages

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