This is a long one, but start it in the question and answer time around 1:10:00. George Coyne has a few interesting things to say about his view of God, creation and its relation to science.

I have been reading and following the Catholic priest; George V. Coyne lately. His thoughts and ideas on God are very similar to those of Irenaeus. I propose in another blog post, that this is a Christianity which was lost to the dominant type A and B theologies. Read more about this here.

Coyne says the following:

“Religious believers must move away from the notion of a dictator God, a Newtonian God who made the universe as a watch that ticks along regularly.”

He proposes to describe God’s relationship with the universe as that of a parent with a child, with God nurturing, preserving and enriching its individual character. “God should be seen more as a parent or as one who speaks encouraging and sustaining words.”

He stresses that the theory of Intelligent Design diminishes God into “an engineer who designs systems rather than a lover.”

“God in his infinite freedom continuously creates a world which reflects that freedom at all levels of the evolutionary process to greater and greater complexity,” he said. “God lets the world be what it will be in its continuous evolution. He does not intervene, but rather allows, participates, loves.”

Richard Dawkins has a great talk with coyne which is posted on youtube. I recommend watching seven parts of this youtube series.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po0ZMfkSNxc
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjjDDhE8R5k
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyyySnUqCug
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eEmnhmAwPM
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl1xmkVOyRw
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwDTBW8oxug
Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qPHIS3n7Lw

I am in the process of reading Richard Dawkins “the God Delusion”. He is a strong critic of all religion and a practicing atheist. A review on the book and some thoughts will soon follow. My friend Jokim writes in his review of “the God Delusion” the following:

“Now to the critique, which is simply this: The God Delusion belittles its opponents too much and therefore aims too low. Through the book, as well as through Richard’s book tours, films, and TV appearances, he has created the impression that all religious people (and I mean religious not in a vague sense, but in the sense of giving credence to the supernatural, for instance) are either completely stupid or victims of religious child abuse and thus unable to ever free themselves from the mind-wracking warp of religion.”

To read the whole review go to Jokims blog. For now hear what Richard Dawkins has to say on BBC s hardtalk.