227. Is Christianity Preventing a ‘Star Trek’ Future? | with Dr. Sarah Salviander
Space. The next-to-final frontier. So what’s the final one? It’s the future. As sci-fi fans, Stephen and Zack enjoy debating space travel possibilities, Moon stations and Mars colonies (likelier now after the liquid water finding?), and of course those armies of the aliens. Now we’ll ask whether today’s scientists and speculators recognize Christianity’s crucial role in their disciplines, and whether they see a place for Christianity in their vision of the future.
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Quotes and notes
- We reference this meme about what is supposedly holding back the Star Trek future.
- “Top 10 believing scientists, part 1,” July 18, 2024, and “Top 10 believing scientists, part 2,” Sarah Salviander, Aug. 1, 2024: Part 1 and Part 2
- “How the worst characters in sci-fi help me deal with the problem of evil,” Sarah Salviander, Feb. 6, 2024
“The chief aim of all investigations of the external world should be to discover the rational order and harmony which has been imposed on it by God and which He revealed to us in the language of mathematics.”
—Johannes Kepler
“To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws, surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more grateful than knowledge.”
—Nicolaus Copernicus
Introducing guest Dr. Sarah Salviander
Dr. Sarah Salviander is a Bible-believing, power-lifting, cancer-surviving, PhD astrophysicist. She was raised atheist in a secular c
