Can the Bible be retold as science? Unbelievable?

2013-06-01T00:00:00+01:00

Russell Stannard is emeritus professor of Physics at The Open University. He is a Christian and presenter of the RE Today Services Science & Belief videos

Steve Jones is emeritus professor of genetics at University College London. An atheist, he is the author of “The Serpent’s Promise: The Bible Retold as Science”.

They debate whether the Bible can be seen as scientific, what kinds of questions religion and science answer and more.

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