UnHerd with Freddie Sayers Can science prove that God exists?
Oct 21, 2025
Michel-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies, authors of 'God, the Science, the Evidence', explore the intersection of science and belief in a creator. They discuss how historical scientific movements shifted away from God and present the Big Bang as a sign of a beginning that suggests a cause. The duo challenges materialist views, highlighting the improbability of fine-tuning without design. They even argue that belief in extraterrestrial life doesn’t contradict Christianity. Their insights raise profound questions about evidence and divine involvement in our universe.
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Scientific Reversal Points To A First Cause
- 20th-century scientific discoveries reversed the idea that science makes God unnecessary by pointing to limits like entropy and cosmic beginnings.
- These limits create evidence that a cause outside time, space, and matter is needed.
Beginning Implies A Non-Spatiotemporal Cause
- If time, space, and matter have an absolute beginning, their cause must be of a different kind outside spacetime.
- Olivier Bonnassies argues that such a cause fits the definition of a creator.
Persecution Of Early Big Bang Scientists
- Olivier recounts how early Big Bang proponents in Russia faced persecution under atheist regimes.
- He uses this history to show the ideological stakes tied to cosmological beginnings.
