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This section lists numerous questions in the area of theology, philosophy and related topics, and then presents answers based on best available scholarship. This material was assembled by the editor, except where otherwise indicated. Each page linked to below includes detailed references.

1. What are the theological advantages to an evolutionary worldview? Advantages
2. What are the merits of claims by atheist scholars that modern science proves religion to be false and vain? Atheists
3. Can the Bible be read as the inerrant word of God? Bible-inerrant
4. Can the Bible be read as a scientific textbook? Bible-science
5. Is the big bang cosmology in conflict with Judeo-Christian theology? Big bang theology
6. Can we take a 'cafeteria' approach to science and religion? Cafeteria
7. Is there any "conspiracy" or "group-think" among scientists that would cast doubt on evolution, big bang cosmology or related scientific theories? Conspiracy
8. Is the scientific picture of an earth and biological species formed over several billion years in conflict with the Judeo-Christian Bible? Creation
9. How do other scholars view Richard Dawkins' recent book The God Delusion? Dawkins
10. Is God a Great Deceiver? Deceiver
11. Is science or religion to blame for the decline of modern society? Decline
12. Does modern science lead to a mechanistic, deterministic worldview that negates human free agency? Determinism
13. The natural world is well known for being "red in tooth and claw." Are there any more elevating features, in keeping with the principles of Judeo-Christian theism? Elevating
14. Can the existence of God be established by scientific experimentation? Is God a scientific hypothesis? God hypothesis
15. Can (or should) God be found in the gaps of scientific knowledge? God of the gaps
16. Is it true, as physicist Stephen Hawking and other scientists have claimed, that modern physics removes the need to believe in God? Hawking.
17. Does modern science repudiate miracles? Miracles
18. Is the notion of a world and universe largely governed by comprehensible natural laws in conflict with Judeo-Christian theism? Natural law
19. Certain postmodern scholars argue that all of modern science is "socially constructed," and that all scientific assertions are "forever tentative," with no claim to ultimate truth. How do scientists respond? Postmodern
20. What is the "idea of progress" and how does it relate to harmony between science and religion? Progress
21. Will religion just fade away? Religion fade away
22. What do major religious leaders and denominations say about the "war" between science and religion? Religions
23. Is there a "royal road" to science and religion? Royal road
24. What is "scientific materialism" and how does it enter into the science-religion discussion? Scientific materialism
25. Certain intelligent design writers argue that "methodological naturalism" underlies all of modern science. How do scientists respond? Scientific naturalism
26. What do leading scientists and scientific societies say about the "war" between science and religion? Scientists
27. What do major theologians say about the "war" between science and religion? Theologians.
28. In spite of all its scientific and technological progress, isn't society becoming more and more violent? Violence.