Quotes by John Lennox

John Lennox (b. 1943) — Mathematiker, Philosoph und christlicher Apologet · evangelikal (Brüderbewegung) · Vereinigtes Königreich

John Lennox (* 1943) ist ein nordirischer Mathematiker, Wissenschaftsphilosoph und evangelikaler Apologet, der als Professor an der University of Oxford lehrte. Bekanntheit erlangte er durch Debatten mit prominenten Atheisten wie Richard Dawkins und Publikationen, in denen er für die Vereinbarkeit von Naturwissenschaft und Schöpferglauben eintritt, woran säkulare Kritiker eine theologische Überinterpretation wissenschaftlicher Befunde bemängeln. Für Bibelleser bietet sein Werk sachliche Argumente, um theologische Überzeugungen im Dialog mit naturwissenschaftlichen und philosophischen Fragen rational zu vertreten.

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Recurring topics: Doubt & Hard Questions, Wisdom & Understanding, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Freedom & Truth, Faith & Trust, Meaning & Identity, Humility & Pride, Grace & Redemption

Quotes by John Lennox

Man thinks he can become God. But infinitely greater than that is the fact that God thought of becoming human.
John Lennox

There is a real conflict, but it is not science versus religion. It is theism versus atheism, and there are scientists on both sides.
John Lennox

Now, if you knew your computer was the product of a mindless unguided process, you wouldn't trust it.
John Lennox

Nonsense remains nonsense, even when talked by world-famous scientists.
John Lennox

Faith is not a leap in the dark; it's the exact opposite. It's a commitment based on evidence.
John Lennox

I am not ashamed to be a scientist and a Christian at the same time.
John Lennox

If you define God as a gap-filler, then you must choose between God and science, because you have defined God that way. But that definition has nothing to do with the God of the Bible.
John Lennox

It's much easier, after all, to learn mathematics from someone who's made a few mistakes. It's impossible to learn it from someone who always got it right the first time.
John Lennox

I cannot believe that our existence in this universe is a mere quirk of fate, an accident of history, an incidental blip in the great cosmic drama.
John Lennox

So, to me atheism undermines the rationality I need to do science.
John Lennox

Indeed, faith is a response to evidence, not a rejoicing in the absence of evidence.
John Lennox

In China we can criticize Darwin, but not the government; in America you can criticize the government, but not Darwin.
John Lennox

God is the explanation for why there is a universe at all in which science can be done.
John Lennox

God to me is a mystery but is the explanation for the miracle of existence, why there is something rather than nothing.
John Lennox

Atheism is a fairy story for those who are afraid of the light.
John Lennox

The very fact that we believe that science can be done is a thing to be wondered at.
John Lennox

There is no contradiction between science and faith.
John Lennox

All scientists presuppose and therefore have faith in the rational intelligibility of the universe.
John Lennox

To the majority of those who have reflected deeply and written about the origin and nature of the universe, it has seemed that it points beyond itself to a source which is non-physical and of great intelligence and power.
John Lennox

To postulate a trillion-trillion other universes, rather than one God, in order to explain the orderliness of our universe, seems the height of irrationality.
John Lennox

The heart of monotheism is that God, who is outside history, is the guarantor of meaning.
John Lennox

Sources: wikipedia.org, koorong.com, premier.plus, evangelicalfocus.com

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