Has science done away with God?
June 10, 2008 at 6:28 pm | In BA Branch Event | Leave a CommentOn 4 June 2008, Randall Hardy of Creation Research UK and Philip Brown of the British Association for the Advancement of Science met in the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby to talk about the question: Has science done away with God?
Creation Research is an international ministry dedicated to making the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ known by standing against the philosophy of evolution.
Philip Brown is the BA East Midlands Regional Officer but he was expressing his personal views on this question.
Click below to hear their talks, or right-click to download MP3 recordings.
Click here for Phil Brown’s talk
Slide Shows
Here are their slideshows, including commentary.
Should there be limits to genetic engineering?
May 24, 2008 at 8:18 pm | In BA Branch Event, Speeches | Leave a CommentDr Helen Wallace, Executive Director of GeneWatch UK, talked on the Big Question “If we don’t play God, who will?” at the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby on 21 May 2008.
Click here to play or right-click to download
Here are the slides, with Helen’s commentary.
Genewatch have not done very much work on the recent Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, but Human Genetics Alert have.
On her slide about Synthetic Biology and GM Organisms, Helen referred to the ETC Group web site.
Craig Venter
Helen spoke several times about Craig Venter, so here is some more information about him.
There’s a short biography of him on Wikipedia.
The Daily Telegraph claims ‘Man-made microbe ‘to create endless biofuel‘
Here is a clip of him talking about gene synthesis.
Craig also delivered the 2007 Dimbleby Lecture.
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