Abstract :
Recent books by militant atheist have claimed that the discoveries in science are rending belief in God completely unnecessary, with ¡°natural¡± explanations being more than sufficient to account for the world in which we live and life in this world. This presentation will explore whether the nature of nature that is being uncovered by scientific discoveries of the past 100 year point to an intelligent and beneficent creator or a universe that is adequately explained by ¡°chance and necessity¡±. Areas of consideration will include the ¡°big bang¡±, the mathematical form that nature takes, the remarkable fine tuning of the universal constants, the incredible specifications necessary for initial conditions, the unique planet earth, and the ¡°miracle¡± of the origin of life