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SUMMARY:Belief in Science &amp\; Belief in God: A Scientist’s Perspectiv
 e on “New Atheism” - Dinesh Singh\, PhD
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CONTACT:Eric Harshfield
DESCRIPTION:*Talk and Q&A Session with Canadian physicist Dr. Dinesh Singh
 *\n\nThe modern-day proponents of atheism\, such as Richard Dawkins\, Chri
 stopher Hitchens\, and Sam Harris have gained the public’s imagination r
 egarding their claims that God does not exist and that organized religion 
 is harmful to the human race. They also claim that “no evidence” exist
 s whatsoever to support the presence of God in human experience\, suggesti
 ng on scientific grounds that the need for a Divine Creator is a “failed
  hypothesis.” Furthermore\, they contend that holding a belief in God is
  a “delusional” act with disastrous consequences for global society on
  multiple fronts.\n\nAccording to the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh\, Pro
 phet-Founder of the Bahá’í Faith\, science and religion are both compl
 ementary and necessary for the progress of humanity into the future.\n\nIn
  this presentation\, Dr. Dinesh Singh offers interested people the opportu
 nity to thoughtfully consider his professional and personal response to th
 e “new atheism” of Dawkins and others with examples from theoretical p
 hysics to suggest that “belief” within science is not fundamentally di
 fferent from “belief” within religion\, and that the main conclusions 
 drawn by these atheists about the science and religion debate need to be t
 horoughly re-examined.\n\n*Dinesh Singh\, Ph.D.* is a Canadian research sc
 ientist in theoretical physics at the University of Regina\, Adjunct Profe
 ssor at the University of Saskatchewan\, and a member of the Bahá’í Fa
 ith.\n\nFor more information please visit our "website":http://www.srcf.uc
 am.org/bahai/2013/06/belief-in-science-belief-in-god/.  This talk and all 
 of our other events are free and open to the public.
LOCATION:Latimer Room\, Clare College (Old Court on Trinity Lane\, behind 
 King's College chapel)
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