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In this The New American article, Selwyn Duke examines Charles Murray’s recent movement toward theism and argues that modern science may be undermining strict materialism while pointing thoughtful skeptics back toward God.
- Charles Murray, the political scientist and author, has long viewed religion as culturally useful but personally unnecessary. That began to change through family life, especially after his wife described loving their daughter “more than evolution requires.”
- Murray’s recent book, Taking Religion Seriously, is presented as an evidence-based appeal to “cold, logical” atheists rather than an emotional testimony of conversion.
- Murray says his own spiritual perception is weak, but he believes empirical evidence has forced him to reconsider atheism and materialism.
- A central point in Murray’s argument is the fine-tuning of the universe. He sees the Big Bang and the precise physical constants required for life as evidence suggesting intentionality rather than randomness.
- The article also highlights Murray’s interest in near-death experiences, terminal lucidity, and parapsychological phenomena as evidence that consciousness may not be reducible to brain activity alone.
- Duke notes that Murray now describes himself as “pretty much a Christian,” though he remains humble and cautious rather than dogmatic.
- Murray also discusses the Shroud of Turin, prayer, the transformation of Jesus’ followers after the crucifixion, and a moral-law argument similar to C.S. Lewis’ reasoning.
- The article expands beyond Murray by invoking Stephen Meyer’s intelligent-design argument that DNA functions like complex coded information, implying a programmer behind life.
- Duke concludes that reason can inform faith, but faith does not require having every answer. In his view, science is not burying God but increasingly making materialism harder to sustain.
Read the full story: https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/faith-and-morals/charles-murrays-budding-faith-is-science-finally-finding-god/
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