Ernie Rea broadcasts Beyond Belief, the BBC Radio 4 program, as he seeks to discuss whether modern Physics has explained away God. This is an incredibly relevant debate for the AQA AS Unit 'Psychology of Religion' as it seeks to analyse the impact which science has on religious faith.
For aspiring physicists the broadcast analyses the compatibility of science and religion: Quantum theory of uncertainty; the Big Bang and creation; Galileo's involvement and conflict with the Church; Newtonian principles; the relationship between the laws of nature, theology and the fundamental scientific forces in action around us.
When listening to this, think of how religion and science can work together by learning from each other, whether science seeks to undermine philosophy or whether both disciplines share an innate rationality which makes them inextricably linked.
Try to research the 'God of the gaps' theory and how it relates to the 'multiverse theory'. Is it possible for theology to explain the existence of an omnipotent God, creator of our universe without us being in contact with any other evidences of creation? Or is it more plausible that creation is a devine act and not that of a chemical reaction.
