Atheism is 'hopelessly simplistic', says Oxford professor Alister McGrath
Oxford science professor Alister McGrath has said he abandoned atheism for Christianity because it offered a "bigger picture of things".
In a recent debate on science and religion, Professor McGrath said that atheism was "hopelessly simplistic", while Christianity offered a more compelling framework within which to explore science.
"I felt [atheism] was hopelessly simplistic, or at least the forms I knew. And I think what really drew me to Christianity was this deep sense that it offered me a bigger picture of things," he said.
"A way of making sense of myself, of our world, and also providing conceptual space for science. In other words, I continued to love science as something that really mattered, but having a framework into which I could fit it."...