Are God and science reconcilable, or does believing in one mean ignoring the other? And viceversa? After years of research, the computer engineer Michel-Yves Bollorè and the theologian/entrepreneur Olivier Bonnassies, with the help of 20 scientists, have answered this fundamental question in a book entitled ‘God. Science, the evidence’ (Edizioni Sonda).
Bestseller with 300 thousand copies seen in France and Spain, embellished with the preface by the Nobel Prize winner for Physics Robert Wilson and by Antonio Zichichi in the Italian edition, the volume – with the subtitle ‘The dawn of a revolution’ – promotes the thesis that the existence of a creative intelligence of the Universe is not at all in conflict with the achievements of modern knowledge. Which it actually uses as solid demonstration bases. If until 100 years ago scholars believed the Universe was eternal and stable, today we know with certainty that having had a beginning it will have an end, it is expanding and comes from a Big Bang, and therefore, given that nothing is created from nothing, according strict logic there must be a creator. From alternative hypotheses on the origins of everything to the persecution of scholars in Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany, from the so-called anthropic principle to the theories of the multiverse, from the unexplainable passage from the inert to the living in biology to the incredible intelligent and miniaturized complexity of DNA, Bollorè and Bonnassies accompany the reader on the journey of searching for the proven truth about the existence of a creator by comparing materialism, mysticism and theology in the light of the knowledge acquired over the centuries by humanity. But after 100 quotes from scholars and the specific analysis of Einstein and Gödel’s thoughts they suddenly change tone, dedicating themselves to examining evidence external to science. The mystery of the Bible, the nature of Jesus, the troubled and extraordinary history of the Jewish people, the miracle of Fatima, the relationship between philosophy and metaphysics and the refutation of contrary arguments finally lead to the logical conclusion of the irrationality of materialism.
As simple as it is complex, ‘God. Science. The Evidence’ embodies a challenging reading experience, which leads to sudden enlightenments at the price of being constantly put to the test. It is a book designed for everyone, but also to force anyone who reads it to continually raise the stakes, getting lost and finding themselves as is normal when faced with the question of questions. It is impossible for the man in the street to evaluate its scientific significance, and attempting to do so would certainly not represent the right approach. Better is the much higher and more subtle option of accepting a challenge of thought, allowing it to rise to another level in front of the page, as unusual in everyday life as it is inherent to our simple being alive. And here is the meaning of reading: not to verify the incontestability of a thesis, only to consider it. Enough and advance, to make room for ‘God. Science. The evidence is on our library.