The Divine Challenge: On Matter, Mind, Math & Meaning
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (565 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0851518877 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He gained his PhD in Astronomy at the University of British Columbia. About the Author Byl is Professor of Mathematics and Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Byl shows the failure of today's predominant philosophies to provide a coherent worldview that can yield a plausible account of the various aspects of life as we experience it. Only a Christian worldview, squarely based on the truth of the Bible and the comprehensive sovereignty of God, can give our lives coherence, meaning, purpose and hope.. The Divine Challenge aims to substantiate this bold claim. Since the beginning of time man has challenged God's supremacy, striving to dethrone God and reinterpret the universe according to his own standards and purposes. Indeed, man has convinced himself that his rational wisdom has made foolish the wisdom of Scripture, with its tall tales of a personal God, of life after death, and of heaven and hell. In response God, who is determined to destroy the wisdom of the worldly wise and to unmask it for the foolishness that it really is, issues his own challenge to sinful man. Revealing the failure of Naturalist and Post-Modernist philosophies to explain life as we experience it, Christian mathematician John Byl shows that only a Christian worldview, based on the Bible, can supply us with the necessary foundation for l
Description from the book's back cover Since the beginning of time man has challenged God's supremacy, striving to dethrone God and reinterpret the universe according to his own standards and purposes. In response God, who is determined to destroy the wisdom of the worldly wise and to unmask it for the foolishness that it really is, issues his own challenge to sinful man. Arrogantly, modern scientific man takes up that divine challenge, arming himself with scientific knowledge and technological power. Indeed, man has convinced himself that his rational wisdom has made foolish t. "A Great Critique of Naturalism and Post-Modernism" according to Saint and Sinner. I would actually have given this book a 9 on a 1 to 10 scale. It is a great critique of naturalism and post-modernism using presuppositional apologetics. It contains the normal arguments against naturalism, but it also makes use of transcendental arguments from abstract objects (i.e. logic and mathematics) and "the one and the many" to argue for the existence of an infinite, multi-personal God (such as the Triune God of the Judeo-Christian Scriptures). It also gives a brief overview of the doctrines of Christianity (from a Reformed perspec. "Roger Penrose's paradox has a theistic solution" according to Gene B. Chase. This is a very fine book! I’m just sorry that I only got around to reading it 12 years late. I wish I had written it!Byl answers for the non-specialist how we make sense of the world using mathematics, physics, and theism. He argues that only a robust theism can break the circularity paradox of mathematical physicist Roger Penrose, with which he opens (9).Penrose’s paradox is illustrated by his picture: [google www rsa ox ac uk media images Shadows of the Mind 0x600 jpg] . The Mind imagines a Platonic World of ideas, especially
He gained his PhD in Astronomy at the University of British Columbia. Byl is Professor of Mathematics and Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada.