God vs Science

Recently, I've came across this article in time magazine, God vs Science. It's about a conversation between 2 scientists with opposing views. One's called Collins and the other, Dawkins; with the former being a ardent follower of god yet still has a good grasp of science and the latter who only belives in using theory to explain the various inexplicable phenomenons.

well, there were a lot of interesting arguments; like saying that the world was so beautifully designed and that has to come from a designer-god. but dawkins rebutted by saying that if that is so, god need not wait for billions of years for evolution to take place.

Then, comes the gravitational constant that collins felt was created by god, to allow us to live. without the correct constant, earth will be like any other planets in the universe which can't sustain lifeforms. However, dawkins said there's a unified theory that shows that these constants are locked in as the circumference and diameter of a circle and doesn't just come at a snap of a finger. furthermore, he made use of probability that since there're multiverse, there may be some other planets with the same fine tuning as earth.

The most captivating argument was that since darwin theory states that the fittest will survive, then why do altruism, courage exists which are the attributes of god. (cos ironically, such values will cost one to sacrifice) and dawkins made use of the fact that now we do not live in extended families like the past, thus it doesn't cross our mind that the reason for doing good is based on the fact that they live in small groups now.

haha, interesting huh. i think i will read the article again, cos it's quite chim!