Name: The Flaw in the Universe
Price: 9.25 GBP
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Author: Adrian Hough
ISBN: 9781846943447

When we look at the world around us, one of the most common observations is that things have a tendency to go wrong. People make mistakes, have accidents and some of them commit deliberate acts of violence. Disease affects every single species of plant and animal on the planet. Natural disasters kill millions of people and decimate animal populations. Countless people and animals suffer through no fault of their own. Scientists explain these events in various ways depending upon whether they involve errors in human choices and actions or whether they are caused by natural events. Theologians give us a different set of religious explanations. At times it can appear as if there is a fundamental flaw in the universe. In this book, Adrian Hough uses his training and expertise as both a scientist and a theologian to approach this flaw from both directions and comes up with the astonishing result that both sets of reasoning might have the same fundamental explanation. Using this discovery he then develops a way of reconciling belief in a loving God with the hurt and damage which is caused when things go wrong.

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The argument of science and theology - are they mutually exclusive or contradictory: or are they complementary - has exercised minds for many years. Moving away from the usual science/theology argument based upon modern physics such as cosmology, quantum mechanics and theories of relativity, the author chooses to investigate the questions using chemistry and it’s parallel with Christian doctrine. This book, written by Adrian Hough who has both science and theology degrees from Oxford University, looks at the relationship between science and theology through the perspective of the Second Law of Thermodynamics and its resonance with the Christian doctrine of Original Sin. The Second Law of Thermodynamics, known to physical scientists and engineers, as well as followers of Flanders and Swann, asserts that “heat cannot flow spontaneously from a colder to a hotter body”. By exploring the relationship between this law and original sin, the author believes that he can demonstrate that the process says something about natural disasters, human evil as well as providing an introduction to the relationship between religion and science.

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