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Alister Mc Grath
  • Profession: Biophysicist, Theologian
  • Type: Scientist

Alister McGrath (PhD)

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Initially, Dr. McGrath "came to the view that God was an infantile illusion, suitable for the elderly, the intellectually feeble . . ."  However, his perspective underwent a significant transformation over time, leading him to earn his doctorate degrees in both molecular biology & theology.  Today, he is a professor of Science & Religion at Oxford University and a strong defender of Christianity.  "Atheism, I began to realize, rested on a less-than-satisfactory evidential basis. The arguments that had once seemed bold, decisive, and conclusive increasingly turned out to be circular, tentative, and uncertain."  What could possibly have caused Dr. McGrath to so radically change his mind?

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