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Are scientific facts the only facts about reality?

Keith Ward responds to critics of religion by arguing that science describes the measurable physical world — but that the deepest realities, including value, love, and consciousness itself, cannot be reduced to scientific fact. For Ward, the primacy of consciousness is what makes religion rational.

0:00 Why Some Criticize the Idea of God
1:37 Atheist Arguments and the Scientific View
3:19 Religion as a Question of Value
4:34 Why Love Cannot Be Scientifically Established
6:18 The Primacy of Consciousness

Keith Ward is a British philosopher, theologian, pastor and scholar. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and (since 1972) an ordained priest of the Church of England. He was a canon of Christ Church, Oxford until 2003. Comparative theology and the relationship between science and religion are two of his main topics of interest.

More from Keith Ward on Closer To Truth:

• Website link: https://closertotruth.com/contributor/keith-ward/
• LandScape Of Consciousness Article: https://loc.closertotruth.com/theory/ward-s-personal-idealism-souls-as-embodied-agents-created-by-god

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