The Interpreter Foundation sponsored a conference on November 9, 2013, entitled “Science & Mormonism: Cosmos, Earth & Man” in Provo, Utah. It was filmed. Videos of each of the presentations are now available for free viewing on The Interpreter Foundation’s YouTube channel, or here on InterpreterFoundation.org embedded below.
Daniel C. Peterson introductory remarks at Science & Mormonism Conference
Scott Gordon’s introductory remarks at Science & Mormonism Conference
David H. Bailey on “Science vs. Religion: Can This Marriage Be Saved?”
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Richard N. Williams on “Science, Religion, and Agency”
John S. Lewis on “The Scale of Creation in Space and Time”
Ron Hellings on “Joseph Smith and Modern Cosmology”
Jani Radebaugh on “The Outer Solar System: A Window to the Creative Breadth of Divinity”
Bart J. Kowallis on “From All Eternity to All Eternity: Deep Time and the Gospel”
Amy L. Williams on “Answering New Atheism and Seeking a Sure Knowledge of God”
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw on “Science and Genesis: A Personal View”
Steven L. Peck on “Why Evolution and LDS Thought are Fully Compatible”
Life Sciences Panel Discussion
“The Search for Truth”
A 15-minute excerpt from the little-known 1960’s church film “The Search for Truth.” With the kind permission of Brigham Young University, we are now posting this excerpt.
The excerpt featured an opening statement by President David O. McKay on the value of science and the search for truth. This was followed by perspectives on science and religion by Wernher von Braun (a prominent non-LDS researcher who has been called the “Father of Rocket Science”), Harvey Fletcher (LDS physicist and Director of Bell Labs who was known as the “Father of Stereophonic Sound”), and Henry Eyring (LDS chemist and father of President Henry B. Eyring, president of the American Chemical Society and the Association for the Advancement of Science, and winner of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry, the National Medal of Science, and the Berzelius Medal for developing the Absolute Rate Theory). A personal story from Bro. Eyring about an extended family member whose relatives tried to persuade him from studying science out of worry for his faith is contrasted with the story of his own father’s encouragement for him as he left for college: “In this Church, you don’t have to believe anything that isn’t true.”
