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Testing God

Testing God

2001•Documentary
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David Malone’s 3-part series takes a fresh look at how the universe was formed, from a scientific and theological point of view. TESTING GOD re-examines the relationship between science and religion and asks: is science’s claim to victory premature?

David Malone · Director

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 2, 2001

Episodes

E1

Killing the Creator

This first part in the series examines whether science has foreclosed on the possibility of a creator God and, if not, whether it can. The answer on both counts is no. Science is actually having to grapple with the fact that our universe, far from being explicable as a logical or mathematical necessity, is a highly unlikely place. Is this evidence that the laws of nature are a product of design? If so, surely this is indisputable evidence for God. The alternative explanation, that ours is one of an infinite number of universes, poses more problems for science than it solves.

Sep 2, 2001

E2

Darwin and the Divine

The second programme asks what piece of work is a man? Is the overwhelming evidence that we are a product of evolution final evidence that God does not exist? Does this in turn mean that we are little more than beasts, that morality and spirituality are mere illusions? On all counts, the answer is no. Programme 2 shows that a god who wanted his creations to have free-will - and therefore moral responsibility - would have to have used a process like evolution. The death of the "argument by design" is not the death of god.

Sep 9, 2001

E3

Credo Ergo Sum

The final programme looks at the human brain and the human mind. Are our minds based purely on binary logic, or is there something irrational - something subjective - at the root of reason? We look at ideas in physics, neurology and psychology and suggest that, whatever you think about the existence of God, the ability to believe is a crucial part of living in a fundamentally uncertain world. If we deny this in a quest for rational "certainty", might we be denying the very thing that makes us human?

Sep 16, 2001

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Mind Field
The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy
Ancient Apocalypse
American Masters

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Catalyst
The Wonderful Machine
The Planet of the Dinosaurs
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Science Britannica
Sunset in the Golden State
Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail
The Body of Coppens