Faith & Physics Uncovered with Rodger Price

Rodger Price

Far from being a barrier to faith, I believe cutting edge science requires it. Faith isn't a religious phenomenon, it's part of the human condition. I came to faith in God later in life, and only after taking a deep dive into the world of quantum physics. This podcast will pull apart big ideas and experiments from leading physicists and consider their spiritual and practical implications to our lives of faith. We'll unpack my book Faith and Physics Uncovered with the goal of helping you to look at your faith in new ways, and ultimately to place your trust in the only One worthy of it. Learn more at https://rodger-price.com.

Episodes

  1. Faith is a Way of Seeing

    Apr 23

    Faith is a Way of Seeing

    Everyone lives by faith, whether that faith is in scientific theories that can’t be proven or faith in the supernatural. In this episode of Faith and Physics Uncovered, Rodger Price offers his bottom line, and considers whether the scientific evidence for everything around us points to a designer, or just time and chance. In Rodger’s view, the statistical probability of something coming from nothing, and life just randomly developing from non-life requires too MUCH faith. Rodger also looks at the case for the Bible’s reliability, citing its 1,500-year authorship by around 40 writers, its consistent overarching story, accepted methods of textual reliability, and archaeological artifacts. He highlights unusual gospel details like the disciples’ abandonment of Jesus and later willingness to suffer for him, the claims of Jesus’ resurrection appearances, and early non-biblical references (notably Josephus) about the life and death of Jesus. All these factors led Rodger to accept Jesus, and he describes how faith brings its own experiential “evidence,” citing the wisdom of St. Augustine from the fifth Century A.D. If you’ve enjoyed the Faith and Physics Uncovered podcast and this exploration of the intersection of scientific discovery and faith, we let us know in the comments or by getting in touch at https://www.rodger-price.com/contact. 00:00 We All Live by Faith00:32 Recap Faith and Physics01:42 Why Trust the Bible03:28 Did Jesus Really Rise05:15 My Journey to Belief05:55 Faith That Becomes Sight06:46 Miracles and Improbability08:46 My Bottom Line to Live12:10 Choosing Your Belief12:45 Resources and Farewell #faithandphysics #christianity #quantumphysics

    14 min
  2. Do miracles break the laws of physics?

    Mar 24

    Do miracles break the laws of physics?

    Do miracles actually break the laws of physics? This episode is the first one to come with a warning: if you reject a creator as unreasonable or unnecessary to cosmology, this episode is going to really challenge you. In this installment of Faith and Physics Uncovered, Rodger Price considers whether biblical miracles actually break quantum or astrophysical laws, or whether they instead involve astronomically unlikely events. If something has an infinitesimally small likelihood of happening, and it happens anyway, is that a miracle? Rodger looks at how the big bang defies the laws of thermodynamics by creating matter and energy from nothing, and how the universe’s move from disorder to order conflicts with another law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy. Rodger also explores questions about life and consciousness arising naturally. He presents five fine-tuning examples: the precise amount of matter at the Big Bang, the gravity–electromagnetism ratio, the cosmological constant’s precision, water’s anomalous freezing behavior, and the extreme improbability of one-celled life forming. Each of these events has overwhelmingly low probabilities of happening. All of this raises serious problems for atheism's viability as a sufficient philosophical system. For Rodger, it simply takes too much faith to believe that something arises from nothing, that life comes from non-life, and that the universe's fine tuning is all a matter of chance. These realities point to a creator's involvement. Next time, Rodger will explain where all his physics exploration led him in his faith, and how he's seeking to live that out on a daily basis. Leave us a review or a comment if something from this episode stands out to you. Pick up a copy of Faith and Physics Uncovered, and learn more at rodger-price.com. #FaithandPhysics

    16 min

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Far from being a barrier to faith, I believe cutting edge science requires it. Faith isn't a religious phenomenon, it's part of the human condition. I came to faith in God later in life, and only after taking a deep dive into the world of quantum physics. This podcast will pull apart big ideas and experiments from leading physicists and consider their spiritual and practical implications to our lives of faith. We'll unpack my book Faith and Physics Uncovered with the goal of helping you to look at your faith in new ways, and ultimately to place your trust in the only One worthy of it. Learn more at https://rodger-price.com.

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