Ep. #134 – A Catholic Scientist Defends God’s Existence w/ Dr. Verschuuren

Summary

How did a geneticist get so interested in writing about faith and philosophy? Why think God exists? What does science say about the matter? Why think there is a personal first cause? How might one argue for God from universals? If God is all-powerful and almighty in his universal causation, then how can we have free will? Dr. Gerard Verschuuren joins us to tackle these questions and more.

Guest Bio

Dr. Gerard Verschuuren is a scientist, writer, speaker, and consultant, working at the interface of science, philosophy, and religion. He is a human geneticist who earned a doctorate in the philosophy of science, and studied and worked at universities in Europe and the United States.

Resources

A Catholic Scientist Proves God Exists by Dr. Gerard Verschuuren

Dr. Verschhuuren’s Website with all of his books

A Handbook of Catholic Apologetics by Dr. Peter Kreeft and Fr. Ronald Tacelli

One Less God Than You by John DeRosa

Disclaimers

• During the interview, Dr. Verschuuren cites the verse Psalm 14:1 (“The fool says in his heart there is no God”) in what sounds like a broad and sweeping way that I would not endorse. I’m more sympathetic to the interpretation expressed by Dr. Josh Rasmussen in this episode (part 1) where I asked him about it.

Related Episode

Ep. #132 – Answering Five Objections to Classical Theism

Ep. #131 – A Full Course on Apologetics w/ Jimmy Akin

Ep. #129 – Defending Fundamentals of the Faith w/ Michael Gormley