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Michael Newton Keas

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March 18, 2019

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Kepler, Galileo, the Book of Nature, and the First Mathematician

_{Michael Newton Keas

March 18, 2019

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On this episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid talks with science historian Michael Keas on pioneering mathematical astronomer Johannes Kepler, based on Keas’ new work from ISI Books, Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion. Kepler studied theology before turning to math and science, and it was his belief in God that guided his extraordinary discoveries. “Without an architect who created the world,” he said, “there is no … power in mathematics to make anything material.” Scientists, in his view of God, were thinking the thoughts or ideas that God himself had thought any time they discovered some law or deep pattern in nature. Kepler is just one of a long list of great early scientists, including Galileo, who saw a “book” of God’s revelation in nature written in the language of mathematics. God designed the world for discovery, Kepler believed, and that conviction inspired his groundbreaking investigations.

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Michael Newton Keas

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February 25, 2019

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Michael Keas on Atheism’s Futurist Myth

_{Michael Newton Keas

February 25, 2019

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On this episode of ID the Future, host Andrew McDiarmid and historian of science Michael Keas turn from the past to the future. With Keas’ new ISI book Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion as a launching point, Keas describes the surprisingly religious role played by much modern-day atheistic science fiction. Despite some notable exceptions, especially C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy, “modern day atheism is becoming more and more indistinguishable from the occult, and science fiction is a part of that,” Keas tells us. And who are the gods of the new occult? Listen in and learn.

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Michael Newton Keas

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February 18, 2019

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__edited, alien abductions, Clarke’s three laws, ET, extraterrestrial life, future myths, gods, Materialism, occult, Religion, Richard Dawkins, the singularity, transhumanism, UFOlogy, UFOs, Unbelievable}

Unbelievable: ET and the Futuristic Myth of a Material God

_{Michael Newton Keas

February 18, 2019

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On this episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid continues his conversation with science historian Michael Keas on myths of science and religion, based on Keas’ new work from ISI Books, Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion. This time the myth comes not from the past but the future. That is, it’s the supposedly scientific belief that ET is coming, and when it comes, it will look just like a god to us. It will replace earthly religion with an advanced, more ethical alternative, and we’ll finally achieve enlightenment. It’s just as much a myth as any other, yet it’s shaping people’s worldviews anyway. Please consider donating to support the IDTF Podcast.

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Michael Newton Keas

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February 11, 2019

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__edited, Aristotle, Copernican revolution, Copernicus, Galileo, Galileo Galilei, geocentrism, heliocentrism, historical myths, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Ptolemaic cosmos, Ptolemy, textbook errors, Textbooks, Unbelievable}

Unbelievable: The Cosmic Copernican Demotion That Wasn’t

_{Michael Newton Keas

February 11, 2019

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On this episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid again hears from science historian Michael Keas about another science myth exploded in Keas’ new ISI book Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion. This time it’s the belief that Copernicus’s sun-centered cosmos demoted humans from our privileged position at the center. As another pioneering early astronomer, Galileo, noted, under the old astronomy the center was no privileged place. Instead it was viewed as the bottom of the universe, the “sump where the universe’s filth and ephemera collect.” So Copernicus’s discovery, if anything, elevated Earth’s place in the cosmos.

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Michael Newton Keas

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February 6, 2019

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Unbelievable: Galileo Proved the Church’s Irrational Opposition to Science

_{Michael Newton Keas

February 6, 2019

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On this episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid interviews science historian and author Michael Keas about Keas’ new ISI book Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion. The myth this time is that the Church tortured Galileo for opposing official teachings on the structure of what we now call the solar system.

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Michael Newton Keas

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January 30, 2019

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Giordano Bruno: A Martyr, Yes, But Not for Science

_{Michael Newton Keas

January 30, 2019

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On this episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid continues his conversation with historian of science Michael Keas about Keas’ new ISI book Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion. In chapter 4 of the work Keas explodes the myth that Giordano Bruno was a martyr for science, as science popularizers such as Neil DeGrasse Tyson make him out to be.

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Michael Newton Keas

Date
January 21, 2019

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__edited, Christopher Columbus, conflict myth, Dark Ages, flat earth myth, Medieval period, Middle Ages, origins of science, Ptolemy, the first universities, Unbelievable, warfare myth}

Flat-Earth Faith in the “Dark Ages”: More Unbelievable Myths That Won’t Die

_{Michael Newton Keas

January 21, 2019

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On this episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid continues his conversation with science historian Michael Keas on myths of science and religion, based on Keas’ new work from ISI Books, Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion. This time they tackle two golden oldies and a kicker: (1) that the West suffered a thousand-year “Dark Ages” after the fall of the Roman Empire, (2) that the Europeans from this period believed in a flat earth, and — the kicker! — that Christianity was responsible for both errors. Keas asks, if people are trying to use myths like this to attack religion’s track record on knowledge and education, shouldn’t they know more about what’s really true?

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Michael Newton Keas

Date
January 16, 2019

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__edited, astronomy, Atheism, big universe, Bill Nye, Blaise Pascal, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Copernican Principle, Copernicus, history of science, human significance, Judeo-Christian, Michael Keas, Michael Newton Keas, Nicolaus Copernicus, Psalms, Unbelievable, vast universe}

New Book Unbelievable: No Bill Nye, a Big Cosmos Isn’t a Problem for Religion

_{Michael Newton Keas

January 16, 2019

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On this episode of ID the Future host Andrew McDiarmid continues his series with science historian Michael Keas about Mike’s new work from ISI Books, Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion. Here they focus on the myth that a vast cosmos renders humanity insignificant, and in the process, discredits the Judeo-Christian worldview. As Keas notes, science popularizer Bill Nye recently dusted off this old saw, but the Old Testament itself, in the Psalms, depicts man and the earth as tiny in compared to a vast universe. Keas also discusses C.S. Lewis’s take on the matter. Lewis pointed out that atheists have argued that a universe where earth is the lone habitable planet argues against God. And they have argued that a universe filled with many habitable planets argues against God. Heads the atheists win; tails the theists lose. As Lewis and Keas suggest, we are rightly skeptical of such rigged games. Listen in to learn more about this complex and fascinating issue touching on philosophy, theology, and the history of science. Please consider donating to support the IDTF Podcast.

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Michael Newton Keas

Date
January 9, 2019

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__edited, Atheism, Carl Sagan, Copernicus, Dark Ages, ET, extraterrestrial life, Flat Earth, Galileo, Giordano Bruno, heliocentrism, history of science, ISI Books, Michael Keas, Michael Newton Keas, Middle Ages, myth, myths, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, science and religion, science history, Unbelievable, warfare thesis, worldview}

New Book Debunks Atheist Myths about the History of Faith and Science

_{Michael Newton Keas

January 9, 2019

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On this episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid talks with science historian Michael Keas about Keas’ revealing new work from ISI Books, Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion. Read More ›

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Michael Newton Keas

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December 10, 2018

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__edited, Biola University, Dallas Willard, electron, Intelligent Design, J.J. Thomson, J.P. Moreland, Materialism, Michael Newton Keas, Mike Keas, moral knowledge, Ratio Christi, Scientism}

J. P. Moreland: This Moral Knowledge a Surer Bet than the Electron

_{Michael Newton Keas

December 10, 2018

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On this episode of ID the Future, Biola philosopher J. P. Moreland concludes a four-part series with host Mike Keas on scientism (not to be confused with objective scientific investigation). Moreland calls scientism “the single most destructive idea on the stage of life today. … It’s evil and it’s everywhere.” Strong words! But he isn’t without hope. Moreland explains how moral knowledge can be stronger, more secure, than even much scientific knowledge, and far more secure than the self-defeating materialist ideology that is scientism. He’s distilling arguments from his new book Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology.