Stephen Friberg

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Name: Stephen Friberg
Date registered: June 23, 2010

Biography

Stephen Friberg is a Bahá’í living in Mountain View, California. A research physicist by training, he authored Religion and Evolution Reconciled: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Comments on Evolution with Courosh Mehanian. He worked at NTT in Japan before joining the semiconductor industry in Silicon Valley.

Latest posts

  1. Evolution, Science, and Religion 14: Chance, Randomness and Directionlessness — May 14, 2012
  2. Evolution, Science, and Religion 13: Are Humans Animals? The Final Word — May 7, 2012
  3. Evolution, Science, and Religion 12: More on Whether We Are Humans or Animals — April 30, 2012
  4. Evolution, Science, and Religion 11: Nature and Super-Nature — April 23, 2012
  5. Evolution, Science, and Religion 10: A Bahá’í View of Human Nature — April 15, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. The Validity of Religion and Belief in the Age of Science #5: Is there Evidence for the Existence of God? — 27 comments
  2. The Validity of Religion and Belief in the Age of Science #11: Evolution, Direction, and the Siren Call of Theology — 22 comments
  3. Evolution, Science, and Religion 5: Humans and Other Animals — 15 comments
  4. Evolution, Science, and Religion 12: More on Whether We Are Humans or Animals — 11 comments
  5. Why We Need Both Science and Religion 5: How the Bahá’í Faith Answers the Concerns of the New Atheists Part 1 — 10 comments

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May 14

Evolution, Science, and Religion 14: Chance, Randomness and Directionlessness

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“The animal creation is captive to matter, God has given freedom to man. The animal cannot escape the law of nature, whereas man may control it, for he, containing nature, can rise above it.” `Abdu’l-Bahá May 14, 2012. Evolution is one of the most successful of the modern sciences. Not only does it enjoy wide-ranging …

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May 07

Evolution, Science, and Religion 13: Are Humans Animals? The Final Word

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“The animal creation is captive to matter, God has given freedom to man. The animal cannot escape the law of nature, whereas man may control it, for he, containing nature, can rise above it.” `Abdu’l-Bahá May 7, 2012. We have been examining what science says about whether or not we are animals. It is perhaps …

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Apr 30

Evolution, Science, and Religion 12: More on Whether We Are Humans or Animals

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“The animal creation is captive to matter, God has given freedom to man. The animal cannot escape the law of nature, whereas man may control it, for he, containing nature, can rise above it.” `Abdu’l-Bahá Apr 30, 2012. Today’s blog again examines the question of whether or not we are animals. The topic, I’m thinking, …

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Apr 23

Evolution, Science, and Religion 11: Nature and Super-Nature

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“The animal creation is captive to matter, God has given freedom to man. The animal cannot escape the law of nature, whereas man may control it, for he, containing nature, can rise above it.” `Abdu’l-Bahá Apr 23, 2012. Humans and animals clearly differ. Is the difference merely one of degree, as Darwin believed? Or are …

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Apr 15

Evolution, Science, and Religion 10: A Bahá’í View of Human Nature

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“The animal creation is captive to matter, God has given freedom to man. The animal cannot escape the law of nature, whereas man may control it, for he, containing nature, can rise above it.” `Abdu’l-Bahá Apr 16, 2012. Empirical evidence, informed science, common sense, and ancient wisdom all tell us we are not animals. What …

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Apr 09

Evolution, Science, and Religion 9: What Does It Mean if Humans Are Animals?

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“The task of humanity…is to create a global civilization which embodies both the spiritual and material dimensions of existence.” The Universal House of Justice Apr 9, 2012. Darwin thought – as many of his followers continue to think – that humans are animals. This is not a scientific finding – indeed it flies against almost …

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Apr 02

Evolution, Science, and Religion 8: No, Humans are Not Animals

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“The task of humanity…is to create a global civilization which embodies both the spiritual and material dimensions of existence.” The Universal House of Justice Apr 2, 2012. In our last blog, we saw that Darwin thought of humans as animals – with sophisticated capabilities to be sure – but still animals. In no small part …

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Mar 19

Evolution, Science, and Religion 7: Why Darwin Thought We Are Animals

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“The task of humanity…is to create a global civilization which embodies both the spiritual and material dimensions of existence.” The Universal House of Justice Mar 19, 2012. Are humans a kind of animal? Darwin, and before him Linnaeus, thought so. The world’s major religions, however, think not. Therein lies a problem and a source of …

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Mar 11

Evolution, Science, and Religion 6: Darwin and the View that Humans Are Animals

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“The task of humanity…is to create a global civilization which embodies both the spiritual and material dimensions of existence.” The Universal House of Justice Mar 12, 2012. What do the evolutionary sciences say about the relationship between humans and animals? Are humans just mentally proficient animals, or do we belong in a human kingdom separate …

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Mar 04

Evolution, Science, and Religion 5: Humans and Other Animals

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“The task of humanity…is to create a global civilization which embodies both the spiritual and material dimensions of existence.” The Universal House of Justice Mar 4, 2012. Are we animals? Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) – the father of modern biological classification (taxonomy) – thought so. He classified humans as primates – along with orangutans and chimpanzees …

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