GOD'S UNDERTAKER HAS SCIENCE BURIED GOD? John C. Lennox -Copyright © 2009 John C. Lennox ‘The cuthor asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work Aion Book an imprint of Lion Hudson ple ‘Wilkinson House, Jordan Hill Road, Oxford OX2 8DR, England wwwilionhudson.com 7 UK ISBN 978 0 7459 53717 US ISBN 978 0 8254 79120 First edition 2007 ‘This edition 2009 109876543 re All rights reserved Acknowledgments pp. 16, 30, 49, 51, 174, 177, 182, 183, 208 Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan and Hodder & Stoughton Limited. All rights reserved. ‘The ‘NIV’ and ‘New International Version’ trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by International Bible Society. Use of either trademark requires the permission of International Bible Society. UK trademark number 1448790. This book originated in lectures given at a course entitled Faith, Reason and Science at the University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education and at the Institute for the Philosophy of Science at Salzburg University, Austria. It represents an attempt to evaluate the evidence of modem science in relation to the debate between the atheistic and theistic interpretations of the universe and to provide a basis for discussion. ‘The text paper used in this book has been made from wood independently certified as having come from sustainable forests. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Distributed by: UK: Marston Book Services Ltd, PO Box 269, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4YN USA: Trafalgar Square Publishing, 814 N Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60610 USA Christian Market: Kregel Publications, PO Box 2607, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501 ‘Typeset in 10/12.5 ITC Garamond BT Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG BooksContents Preface 7 oN DH BF WN . War of the worldviews 15— The scopeand limits of science 31 Reduction, reduction, reduction... 47 . Designer universe? 58 . Designer biosphere? 78 . The nature and scope of evolution 100 . The origin of life 122 . The genetic code and its origin 135 9. Matters of information 148 10. The monkey machine 163 11. The origin of information 174 12. Violating nature? The legacy of David Hume 193 Epilogue 207 References 211 Index 222