Does Science Make Faith Obsolete? | James Tour at Mississippi State University 

"In China we can criticize Darwin but not the government. In America you can criticize the government, but not Darwin." Jun-Yuan Chen, The Wall Street Journal, August 16, 1999, quoting this Chinese paleontologist who claimed that his fossil finds were inconsistent with Darwinism.

" Evolution will come to seem laughable in a generation or two.” Thomas Nagel, atheist philosopher.

Thanks Dr. Tour.

I found both debaters quite ethical and honest to their knowledge.

While some may look upon these words and find disdain in them the truth of the matter is this; you live with faith.

Someone please explain how the first cell formed, developed working systems and then divided everything plus the DNA equally and perfectly without compromising the cell wall, and then developed cell specialization. The pre-cells consisted of what? Then it died (new concept here)*. What drove this life process from lifeless minerals, water, and chemicals? DNA has codes from the parent cells, so where did the first codes come from? The more they try to replicate a cell, the more complex they find it, and the farther away they get from their goal. And that's in controlled labs with goals in mind. Lifeless nature has no goals, methods, repeatability, patterns, NOTHING that life requires to BE, much less self-start. *At this point, evolution would have favored cells that never died at all. Having to start over from scratch every time to find the previous cell path by another identical accident- impossible.

The website Dr. Tour referenced, with regards to the question about the age of the universe: www.geraldschroeder.com/AgeUniverse.aspx Absolutely fascinating!

James Tour. Top scientist.

Faith is the genus of science, therefore it is impossible for science to make faith obsolete. Great talk. Thank you!

No. And geography doesn't make love obsolete, either.

:Science always leads all the way back to a source, a programmer, an intelligent designer.

We would love to have Dr. Tour come to Sandia National laboratories.

Creation was and is a Miracle.

Gee I wonder why I cannot find one debate against this man. I wonder why? Come on accredited fact professing atheist where are you? Dawkins? Krause, Degrasse?Cricket...cricket...cricket. Thank you James for destroying the last hope they had!

super super,, I don't say this to be kind I really mean it... GOD bless you and your family Dr Tour.

The younger theistic evolutionist says he can't show you, because you need a lot of time. That is the mantra of all evolutionists...."I can't show you, because I don't have enough time." In other words, they have no proof.

Dr. Tour getting heated this time when it comes to the thought police Darwin Lobby Crusade. Very good talk!

Yup very true God never force anyone.

Awesome stuff thanks

Love you pops! Nothing is wasted but increased!

Second time today hearing of graphene. The first was in production of aerogel, the lightest known solid. Curious. Exciting.

I was in Hospital from February 2nd to March 15th 2018. Under the care of Dr Christopher Linton at Hurstwood Ward, Blackburn Royal Hospital. I had been asked by a Mental Health Community Worker, Mark Hammond, if I was willing to undergo psychiatric evaluation in Hospital. I said that I was perfectly happy to do that, but requested a short time to get my clothing, etc. ready. I was allowed to do that. I was a quick as I could be, and was driven by Ambulance to the Hospital. The Doctors and Mark Hammond could NOT believe that I served as Private Chaplain to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II's Personal Representative in our UK Parliament, also The Lord High Constable of Scotland, Knight Marshal of Scotland, Butler of Scotland, and Head of H.M.'s Royal Household Scotland. They could not believe that I was a professional Artist, that I had in 1992 Represented Great Britain at the Invitation of His Excellency Baron Von Richthofen The German Ambassador to The Court of St James's London. ... They could NOT believe that I actually used all the Scientific Equipment in my Home, like powerful microscopes and accurate digital Laboratory Scales (Calibrated) ... I was suffering from 'Delusions of Grandeur', and according to Mark Hammond, was the worst case of hoarding expensive things I had no use for, that he had ever encountered! ... Confirmation of my delusions, was my apparently ridiculous claim, that at the Invitation of two Journalists, Susanna Royle (Now a Fine Artist) and Virginia Kennedy (A Cousin or Niece? of my old Mathematics Tutor, at Wellington College, Mr. Waghorne, who in 1968 told me to get on with my Physics Projects, instead of Mathematics, because I had taught him more mathematics than he ever learnt at university, and had never while at college made a single mathematical error in any test or exam. Finishing exams usually in less than half the allotted time. From Wellington College, I went up to London University on a Rolls Royce Bursary. At my University Interview, three Lecturers were present, one of them said "What is the point of this silly interview? we all know we have to accept Alastair, So let's just enjoy a coffee at the canteen! Susanna Royle and Virginia Kennedy wanted me on the morning of July 15th 1990, to receive the First Official World Wide Web Transmission from CERN Geneva, and a musical greeting from Les Horrible Cernettes. (who incidentally formed July 15th 1990.) ... The issue was very clear, I could be a crazy Artist, and claim anything I liked, I could claim to be an Arch Bishop if I liked. (Incidentally Archbishop Fisher Lectured me in Divinity at Wellington College) ...BUT TO CLAIM TO BE A "SCIENTIST" AND BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST...... THAT WAS A STEP TOO FAR!... ... it took six weeks in Hurstwood Ward to prove every single one of my ultra-grandiose claims!... The final one was Dr Christopher Linton telling me he would be happy to discharge me, as soon as I admitted that I did NOT receive the "First Official World Wide Web Transmission". My answer was "So you want me to tell a lie? Dr Christopher". I told him to contact Susanna Royle, her Father was formerly Member of Parliament for Richmond of Thames, His Family Company was "Wilkinson Sword", and Susanna Royle has a Website, Telephone Number and Display of her magnificent Works of Fine Art. "Why not do the sensible thing, drop your Normalcy Bias, and check out my claim personally? ".... When I left Hurstwood Ward, nearly all the Patients and even Nurses wanted to hug me. some were in tears at my departure! ... It is a Christian Thing. ... We do not make a big fuss. Wherever we are, that is the Will of God. and we are perfectly safe in His Hands! Our current field of research is "Practical Anti-Gravity". The same subject that fascinated me at Wellington College. ... In India Jesus Christ is worshipped at an Avatar of Lord Shiva, simply because Jesus Christ prophesies that this Planet Earth will be destroyed. Only the most compassionate of the Avatars of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Shiva, is empowered to destroy planets! ... My Christian Joke to Atheist Scientists is double edged. because they laugh! "Jesus Loves You So Much He Is Going To Obliterate Your Planet!" (And steal your Oceans as well, Revelations Ch. 21.)

Dear Dr. Tour where can people go to get these treatments for: brain injury, RA for instance?

Science makes nothing obsolete because science is done by scientists who have a hard bias towards their personal beliefs. And so it goes... /Lonewolf Liberties

awesome

Darwinian Evolution is a modern pagan religion.

Dear Dr. Tour can we buy any of this stock? and where?

"Does science make faith obsolete?" Yes!

Impressive individual.

Prof. Fitzkee, please don’t misquote Scripture. You quoted Psalm 19:1 as “...the sky above...” But that is incorrect. The original Hebrew does not say “sky,” it says “raqia,” most closely translated into the Greek Septuagint as “stereoma,” then into the English as “firmament.” If the Hebrew scribes meant “sky” or “expanse,” they would have used the Greek word “ouranos,” which means “sky” or “atmosphere” in their Greek translation, not “stereoma.” “Stereoma” does not mean sky, it means “a solid body, a support, strength, firmness.” In other words, a DOME.

A BIC sent this to me yesterday. Watching/listening to it now while I wait for it to cool down some before going out to mow. I'm paused at the 30min to share it before I forget because, if one doesn't watch the whole thing, at least watch the part at the 30min mark. If that don't tell ya that there is something sinister going on in the Science Community today then I don't know what would. Consider what he signed his name to! What is wrong with that? And yet for just agreeing with that he became a pariah. That said, it MUST be NOTED that the same EXACT thing happens in with self-professing Christian all the time on a regular consistent basis. In just the past couple of days I have seen a dozen or more people respond to a post on a "Christian Page" asking how old Jesus was when He was killed by saying that He was 33. Ask them to provide ANY EVIDENCE for that and you get "read your Bible". The Bible does NOT say! (Imagine the response if I asked them how they know the Bible is true! LOL) Biblical & Historical scholars give room for about a 4yr window. The FACT is they do NOT know. Nobody does. And yet when asked to back up their claim that is what you get. Or something like "Well, if you don't know then I can't help you." We can do better. We MUST do better!!

Believer in Christ!!!!

Science doesn't make anything anything.

If you do not understand it, and can not explain it, then you should not take tax money to teach it. Evolution is clearly a religion. We see small variations and that is all. We never see, or have we ever seen, anything else. 2 + 2 = 4, search for a different answer all you like to try to satisfy yourself, but you will not find it and the answer is still 4. I would support a scientific, tax funded, search for God. I think this would bring discoveries beyond our imagination.

​Modern Quantum Physics has shown that reality is based on probability: ​ A statistical impossibility is defined as “a probability that is so low as to not be worthy of mentioning. Sometimes it is quoted as 1/10^50 although the cutoff is inherently arbitrary. Although not truly impossible the probability is low enough so as to not bear mention in a Rational, Reasonable argument." The probability of finding one particular atom out of all of the atoms in the universe has been estimated to be 1/10^80. The probability of just one (1) functional 150 amino acid protein chain forming by chance is 1/10^164. It has been calculated that the probability of DNA forming by chance is 1/10^119,000. The probability of random chance protein-protein linkages in a cell is 1/10^79,000,000,000. Based on just these three cellular components, it would be far more Rational and Reasonable to conclude that the cell was not formed by un-directed random natural processes. Note: Abiogenesis Hypothesis posits that un-directed random natural processes, i.e. random chance formation, of molecules led to living organisms. Natural selection has no effect on individual atoms and molecules on the micro scale in a prebiotic environment. (*For reference, peptides/proteins can vary in size from 3 amino acid chains to 34,000 amino acid chains. Some scientists consider 300-400 amino acid protein chains to be the average size. There are 42,000,000 protein molecules in just one (1) simple cell, each protein requiring precise assembly. There are approx. 30,000,000,000,000 cells in the human body.) Of all the physical laws and constants, just the Cosmological Constant alone is tuned to a level of 1/10^120; not to mention the fine-tuning of the Mass-Energy distribution of early universe which is 1/10^10^123. Therefore, in the fine-tuning argument, it would be more Rational and Reasonable to conclude that the multi-verse is not the correct answer. On the other hand, it has been scientifically proven numerous times that Consciousness does indeed collapse the wave function to cause information waves of probability/potentiality to become particle/matter with 1/1 probability. A rational and reasonable person could therefore conclude that the answer is consciousness. A "Miracle" is considered to be an event with a probability of occurrence of 1/10^6. Abiogenesis, RNA World Hypothesis, and Multiverse would all far, far, far exceed any "Miracle". Yet, these extremely irrational and unreasonable hypotheses are what some of the world’s top scientists ‘must’ believe in because of a prior commitment to a strictly arbitrary, subjective, biased, narrow, limiting, materialistic ideology / worldview. Every idea, number, concept, thought, theory, mathematical equation, abstraction, qualia, etc. existing within and expressed by anyone is "Immaterial" or "Non-material". The very idea or concept of "Materialism" is an immaterial entity and by it's own definition does not exist. Modern science seems to be stuck in archaic, subjective, biased, incomplete ideologies that have inadequately attempted to define the "nature of reality" or the "reality of nature" for millennia. A Paradigm Shift in ‘Science’ is needed for humanity to advance. A major part of this Science Paradigm Shift would be the formal acknowledgment by the scientific community of the existence of "Immaterial" or "Non-material" entities as verified and confirmed by observation of the universe and discoveries in Quantum Physics.)

Dr James Tour, do you know the difference between titles-baptism and baptism in the name of Jesus Christ ?

How life began is elusive and unanswerable because it is God’s way of reminding us that HE is God and we are not. He is all knowing and we are not… Obviously

The two bring up a VERY interesting and, I'd say, VERY important discussion now wrt YEC. Just a couple of observations. First, Nick hits on an essential point. Namely Hermeneutics. He's just WAY off based on what he said about "Day" (Yom in the Hebrew). Secondly, EVERYBODY has a starting point. And where I have seen several Christian Scientists and one particular world-renowned philosopher make a colossal, GINORMOUS mistake is to make Science their starting point and then interpret Scripture thru the Science. That's backwards. When one rightly divides the Word of God they begin to ask questions that lead to an answer that is both Biblical and Scientific. For instance, One might say "the Bible says everything was created in 6 literal days. How can that possibly be the case? Then thing begin to appear that did not before and one can see things like a canyon being formed in a matter of hours that other scientists say would take millions of years. Earlier James talked about the stuff being put into high school textbooks that is just utter nonsense. That's because of EXACTLY what I just said. Where is their starting point? Such as such must be true so we have to find a way to explain it. At the beginning James also talked about the necessity of going to the right source experts. I fairly certain that James and Nick have heard of AiG, CRI, and others like it. There are folks like Larry Vardiman who spent $2M on his RATE Study and put everything, including his faith, on the line. He was literally willing to say the Bible is not the Word of God and is not inerrant and infallible if the evidence led to that. His testimony on that is a blessing. Just as James and Nick have an expertise in Chemistry that is beyond anything I've ever seen and it's being used to God's glory, so to are there many in other areas like Geography and whatever it is that Jonathan Sarfati does. (Can't remember but I think it had something to do with Chemistry and genetics. His banana, chimpanzee, human video is a hoot!) Just as I would point others to James & Nick when their area of expertise is needed so too would I encourage and exhort James and Nick to spend some time looking at what those YEC scientists are saying. Personally, I follow the let Scripture interpret Scripture while using a proper hermeneutic and sound exegesis. And I believe when one does that there can be no other option but to believe in a literal 6-day creation.

No, science ought to be complementary

"The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God" 1Corinthians 3: 19 "I will make the wisdom of the wise men perish, and the intelligence of the intellectual men will be shoved aside." 1Corinthians 1: 19. This will be seen soon when the 'wild beast' political system bring this whole civilisation to ruin with wars, wrath, and financial meltdown Psalms 46: 4-6 Jeremiah 25: 24-26 Revelation 11: 18. "The wise have been put to shame, They have become terrified and will be caught. Look! They have rejected the word of Jehovah, and what wisdom do they have?" Jeremiah 8: 9 Jehovah brings forth a rescue Malachi 4:2 Christ arrived in Kingdom glory; the sunrise.

I believe my God is perfect in thought and everything, and therefore He can do anything; even create by evolution.

That's a jeunicorn. Great man

23:00 My God

Faith and science are complete opposites in every respect.

Hi, can I find this video in Spanish language?

Genesis 1was written by God Genesis 2 was written by Adam. Yes Gd created everything in 6 days the Bible didn't say what method he used to create. The evidence of God is very great and God covers all requirements of our needs to be saved. Yes God delivers us from all addictions.

fitzkee's non-stop flattery of dr. tour and self-deprecation of his own professional accomplishments really detracts from his message and is super cringey. had to stop watching.

Your testimony is your truth in declaration Jesus Christ is God born in the flesh without sin no lust no pride no lie etc... reestablished God's ministry/authority/sovereignty here on earth as it was in the beginning through his death and resurrection.

I love listening to Dr. Tour, particularly for his honesty in exposing the deficiency in modern science in explaining the origin of life and how many modern scientists have been defrauding the masses with mere conjecture, lusting after filthy lucre. Yet, I see Dr. Tour always shying away from mentioning he’s now a Christian. If he’s really born again in Christ, he’s no longer a Jew but a Christian. For it is written, “Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.” - Colossians 3:11. I didn’t appreciate his note about Baptists or Christians per se - there are very brilliant Christians I know who can discuss the scriptures with unbelievers with reason and evidence. One brilliant Christian scientist who’s also well known for his rational public arguments for Christianity is Dr. John Lennox. Having a spirit of pride and arrogance is contrary to Christ’s commandments and if Dr. Tour truly considers himself as a believer in Christ, he should be encouraging his brothers and sisters in Christ, no scoffing at them. I think Dr. Tour got the scriptures all wrong - there’s no Jew or non-Jew in Christ. All believers are equal in value before Him, and they are called followers of Christ (aka, Christians).

Why do I even bother looking at the comments.

A question about why Japan are more peaceful country compare to others without believing Jesus Christ...

The Bible does not say that the heavens and the earth were created on the first day. It says that the sun and the moon were created on the first day, pertaining to things in earth. It says in the beginning, meaning the beginning of all things, God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth was without form and void. It gives an indication that there is a section of time between the creation of heaven and earth and then the creation of man. The seven day creation scenario is the creation of everything in the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beast of the field and of course finally man. The 6000 year timeframe is in reference to the existence of man not the earth. I personally believe that there is a gap, that there was the reign of Lucifer that came to an end and the Lord wiped it clean according to two things that can’t be denied. Number one in the book of Genesis when he tells Adam and Eve to go forward and be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth. How can you replenish something that’s never been full before? The second thing is when Jeremiah has his dream of distruction that comes upon the earth because of all of the chimera and the abominations that are walking all over the face of the earth, he says it’s by fire and yet the only distruction that occurred to that point was the flood. Many say that it is a vision of things to come at the end of this earth age, but the Hebrew does not indicate it as being a future tense expression. When Jeremiah is describing the dream it’s about something that had already happened, like it was a judgment that came from God and God was saying he will do it again. Also in the book of Job, Satan goes before the Lord and the Lord asks him where he has been and what has he been doing. Satan‘s response is that he has been walking in and out up and down in his estate, referring to the earth. The Lord does not rebuke him or correct him when Satan asserts that it is his domain as a ruler, so therefore the Lord’s silence is actually an acknowledgment that the earth at some point or another was given to Lucifer as his estate, however no where in the scripture do you find the event where it was given to him. Additionally Christ refers to Satan as the god of this world and tells a parable about the Vineyard owner sending messengers and finally his own son who the people who have the lease on the Vineyard end up killing them all. The Vineyard is earth, the leaseholder is Satan and has been referred to as the leaseholder several times in scripture. Man is 6000 years old not the earth.

Science has nothing to say about 'faith', religion, myths, gods or superstitions..... Next question please..........

Only a atheist could say a flash light can't be by chance. But a fire fly can . Chance don't exist if you say it all got here by 100 percent chance then where is the chance. Sounds like purpose to me.

The questioner at 1:40:00 was very poor listener, and maybe an even poorer thinker

Scientists don't think about things like the meaning of life because they're busy doing science stuff???

Science does not conflict with the Bible and the Bible does not conflict with science. The conflict is between science and evolutionism. For evolution is not science.

EVERYTHING IS A FUCKING METAPHORE!! THERE IS NOTHING REAL...

The belief is that the universe had a beginning. But if nothing real existed prior to the universe appearing, into what was the universe introduced? And if every effect has a cause...what caused the universe to appear? Isaiah the prophet reported of Jehovah: "Moreover, my own hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my own right hand extended out the heavens. I am calling to them, that they may keep standing together." Isaiah 48: 13. Would we feel happier if a non-living force caused the appearance of what we now see? And would that be explained as a rejection of...ultimate Authority? And yet the discovery of Jehovah, and the understanding of Him....means everlasting life John 17: 3. His word is truth John 17: 17 and He comes with a rescue in our days...when a political 'wild beast' [the UNSC] brings it all to ruin and commits crimes against humanity Revelation 6:8 We see this in the Middle East war that is future. Daniel 8: 20, 23-25 In Jeremiah 25: 29 Iran bombs Jerusalem. Then the US+allies under the UNSC bombs Iran Jeremiah 49: 35-38. This crashes the financial system so hard, its not coming back Romans 9: 28 Psalms 46: 4-6 Ezekiel 7:19 James 5: 1-3 Isaiah 2: 18-20. BUT all the 'sheep-like' ones John 3: 16 are already inside God's Kingdom at the appearance of Christ in 'power and great glory' Matthew 25: 31, 34 Matthew 24: 29, 30 Amazing celestial phenomena announce the arrival of Christ at the sunrise Malachi 4: 2 Revelation 6: 12 Matthew 24: 29, 30 Luke 21: 25, 26. THIS time is now imminent. That is why YOU can survive into a better arrangement, God's Kingdom Matthew 6: 9, 33 a Paradise Luke 23: 43 on earth Daniel 2: 44. A New Heavens [Christ and His heavenly brothers seen in Revelation 5: 10] Ruling over a New Earth [into which the dead of former times are raised up Revelation 20 :13 Acts 24: 15] a Paradise Luke 23: 43, and the 'sea' of wicked ones Psalms 92:7 is 'no more' Revelation 21: 1

1 Corinthians 13:9-12 King James Version (KJV) 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

I would like to see Mr. Tour, Mr. Meyer and Mr. Berlinski in a debate against dawkings and whoever he choses as members of his debate team (hopefully Krauss who is unable to get into complicated discussions about balancing of complex equations and derivates, even though he is self proclaimed intelligent Jew (but he is only a fake Jew. I do not understand why Brian Greene ever has shared stage with the clown Krauss). Tour & co will rip dawkings apart, always provided that the debate is based facts, where ever the facts leads to, and not cheap shots under the belt. But guys like dawkings are no longer debating darwinism or neo-darwinism, since they are aware of the result of such debate and the problems with neo-darwinism.

"I cant show you because you need A LOT OF TIME". Wrong. Time is the enemy of the process of biology in a pre-biotic universe. What... is... the... chemical... process? Show me the proven molecular process of macro evolution in a pre-biotic environment.

This is a stupid question. Math is the language of Science. The two are inseparable.

What you most wonderful persons fail to see is: the Kingdom of God will be on earth at the return of Jesus Christ to take up the crown of David. Why else would he return? To judge his Ecclesia, to claim his ‘Bride’, to defeat the enemy and set up His Kingdom for the 7th Millennium. Therefore those that are his sleep in death until the resurrection. You are so committed and sincere but you have the theory, wrong.

Love to see a Jew finding the truth

Spiritual authority ok justice only Islam belief ok and keep church and state separated ok should I study more hm...

No Noble price for anti Darwinism

The Bible says that the fool says in his heart,, There is no God ‘’ . What that means ? It means that regardless of the evidence presented to him that it can’t process it as a reality. God at the judgement day he is not gonna present to you the reason why he doesn’t want you in his presence, but rather he will present to you the evidence of his kindness and love you were rejecting while he did his best to make you alive , it’s a matter of life and death. Christianity isn’t not a religion but a matter of life and death, when you’re able to process the information according to the reality around you the right way, then the life of God comes in to you and you can see that it’s not a ilusión but something real

The Jim Tour presentation was powerful.@1:43:00 is cringe worthy, really guy get rid of religion.

Darwinism is a place holder for God in an atheistic world view.

James you need to go Flat, if you want to understand the genesis 100%... Then you will understand the meaning of the firmament.... We are in a closed system....Then you will fulfill God's plan for you fully..... God bless you and your family .....

1:30:15 They guy's pony tail is so yesterday. It used to be so cool to have one, now it makes these guys stuck in the failed hippie past.

Kid: “why not abolish faith all together?” Dr. Tour: “look at what faithless societies have done. Polpot, Mao, Stalin...” Kid: “but what about Japan right now?” It’s this kind of micro level thinking and willfully persistent ignorance that keeps ppl from actually learning something that could change their perspective.

Does science make faith obsolete? - No, it isn't even trying to. However, it's faith that's all too often tries to make the science obsolete. Just look at those saying that all you need is Jesus, which causes them to ignore serious issues, and leads to tons of abuse and suffering.

Christ came into my life easter 1974. To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself. For both if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Both if we live and if we die, therefore, we are the Lord's. For because of this Christ both died and arose, and he became alive so that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.

Tour would be great scientists if not being a creationist

He has mostly Asian members in his research team lol, 90%.

As long as you realize that Jesus is not God, but His son. Jesus died in sacrifice for our sins. God raised him back from the dead, when Jesus sat at the right hand of God in heaven. The Jews had the correct God 2000 years ago. Then they lost him when they killed his son. But the God of the Jews did not change.

Yes your Bible for sure, .Bible with so many errors and contradictions with one another. Cause they changed the revelation of Moses and Jesus as. its only Holy Qur'an that is free from errors and it fits well with science ,in fact Quran challenge science till the last day. word Of God that dont have any single error and contradiction , cause God guaranteed the last revelation till the end of times.

Oh man. This speaker has to get rid of his anecdotes because they are not investigable. You want to convince me of something like creationism or religion--fine, give me more than worthless appeals to emotion because I don't see how what he feels demonstrates the existence of anything beyond brain states! So, if religious people will become an ever growing proportion of the population, they should own up to it by not claiming to be persecuted at every corner they're in--seriously pathetic.

The willful ignorance and delusion in here is hilarious and sad.

This guy speaks utter nonsense

"Those who criticize us are probably no more mistaken than those who praise us. Try to win your critic with double kindness." -Charles Spurgeon @twitter changgeonchung

Wow! What a great lecture

OH, NO! NO CAPTIONS?! I'm a deaf guy and I MUST HAVE CAPTIONS! I totally love Dr. Tour's Tour de Force lectures, so I watch as many vids of Dr. Tour that I can, so when I started this vid, I was totally DISMAYED that there were NO damn captions! Come on, man, you gotta turn on the captions feature -- easy to do, but it has to be done by the owner of this channel.

I wish I had had such a wonderfull Teacher like prof.Tour

"Atheism is the opium of the foolish" - Eddy Jay - Psalms 14:1

God bless Dr. James Tour and Dr. Fitzkee. Thank the Lord for His mercy and grace!

What a wonderful person!

Even as a (retired) surgeon, I marvel at the genius of James Tour, Ph.d. I studied organic chemistry, physical chemistry and bio-chemistry. I found them intensely difficult, akin to learning to actually play the Rachmaninov 3rd Piano Concerto. I know that atheists hate him. But he has a level of intelligence that is mind boggling. I know there are some smart atheists too. But many of them are tuning into Deists, even if reluctantly. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

Just as a doctor for malpractice or a CEO for failed fiduciary responsibility, "EDUCATORS" (incl administrators, textbook publishers, etc) SHOULD BE HELD LEGALLY ACCOUNTABLE for PERPETUATING KNOWN FALLACIES. This would begin the critical task of returning our "educational systems" to their rightful purpose rather than being centers for ideologically-intentional indoctrination. We have quietly put up with known misrepresentations if not flat-out lies within "core curriculum" for decades, to the great disservice of generations of individuals, entire academic disciplines, and Western society as a whole. The Haeckel embryo drawings and the Piltdown Man hoax as regards Darwinian theory were both taught for decades after their proven fallacy, as was the falsified "hockey stick" data as regards "climate science", to cite just a few glaring examples. Sadly, the extreme success of such deceit has led to widespread expansion of such practices in most if not all disciplines, at most if not all levels of what I now only laughingly refer to as "education". It has also greatly empowered the most intellectually illicet among us - such as "Dirty Dawkins" calling for Christian parents to have their children taken away from them by the state, and advocating for "mild pedophilia".

He’s a true believer

The slaughter of the dissidents. Other Darwinists get their heckles up when they see a dissenter. I have also proudly signed the dissent from Darwin document. the truth will win ultimately.

The most interesting lectures I've heard so far, the Richard Feynman of chemistry God bless him!

THANK YOU, All, for your devotion to the pursuit of knowledge and the sharing of your pursuits. A note on the term "evolution" being applied to antibiotic resistance in bacteria: As far as my limited knowledge can tell, the resistance is due to the LOSS of a genetic trait. A notable example is in the case of a mutation wherein the bacterial cell wall coating is lost. Without the particular coating, the antibiotic cannot adhere to and penetrate or disable the bacterium. So, by way of a genetic loss, the bacteria become impervious to the drug, and, therefore, "resistant." An illustration would be like: If a tornado blew away your chimney, your house would be resistant to Santa Claus! The house did not evolve, it devolved and kept Santa out! Rather than gaining new genetic information, or "evolving", we observe the loss of genetic information in bacterial antibiotic resistance. We believe the term "devolution" more accurately describes this particular process of change. Certain antibiotics that we take will wipe out our beneficial intestinal flora, leaving only the ~5% normally degraded mutants to remain, multiply, and produce debilitating toxins. Hence we urge the adoption of "DEVOLUTION" to indicate such an observable mechanism of change. We observe genetic entropy universally in all mankind. It is the underlying cause for the genetic defects manifested in children of closely related adults, especially siblings. Again, what we are observing is devolution -- the opposite of evolution. GOD BLESS YOU ALL GREATLY!

Amen!!! I am so pleased with you!!! So happy to hear you speak Dr. Tour!!!

I have looked at a lot of podcasts, looking for knowledge, wisdom and understanding, and it lead me to God. Such a search inevitably ends with God and Christianity because that is where they come from. The people with the right values to live by, who make the most sense, are Christians.

Darwin lived in a time when it was understood by science that the universe was eternal. So his theory was that given an eternal amount of time, you would see the evolution of life from nothing. Now science teaches that the universe had a beginning about a dozen billion years ago. We must now assume that that is sufficient time for life to both form, evolve and bring about the millions and millions of different species, including the modern evolved human being. The argument hinging on "given enough time..." yet no one can tell how much time is enough.

(31:48) Psalm 2: 1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. (KJV)

Science would make faith obsolete only if it could answer the following questions: What is consciousness, what is mind, what is magnetism? So far it is not able to answer any of these questions, and consciousness remains ‘the hard problem.’