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A Critique of Scientific Explanations of Belief and Unbelief and the Conflict Between Evolution and Creationism

Joubert, Callie (2016) A Critique of Scientific Explanations of Belief and Unbelief and the Conflict Between Evolution and Creationism. Answers Research Journal, 9: 16. pp. 273-283. ISSN 1937-9056

Abstract

Scientific efforts to explain belief formation have increased, and explanations are nothing less than bewildering. The aim of this paper is to show why the recent claim that "conflicting networks" in the brain that explain belief and unbelief in God cannot be true. Firstly, why someone believes in God is a question about a person's reasons and evidence, and not about what is going on his brain. Secondly, a belief, and believing something or someone, is not what scientists think it is: it is not an act of either a mind or a brain, and it is neither a process nor a state of either the mind or a brain. And thirdly, the nature of the conflict between evolutionists and biblical creationists, the source of belief and unbelief from the perspective of Scripture, and a brief description of what it means for a biblical creationist to believe in God should make scientists realize that their Darwinism, materialism and/or atheism is an inadequate conceptual framework to explain belief or unbelief in God. There is no such thing as conflict between brain parts or science and religion; only between persons subscribing to different worldviews.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: B Philosophy (General) > BF Psychology
B Philosophy (General) > BL Religion
Q Science (General) > Q175 Philosophy of Science
Depositing User: Admin
Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2026 23:45
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2026 23:45
URI: https://crsq.creationresearch.org/id/eprint/1762

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