Recorded on 23 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Howard Lyons chairs a webinar with Dr Antony Latham
The scientific revolution occurred within the Judaeo-Christian world, and the majority of great scientists then were devout believers. Yet a spirit of doubt and atheism has become very prevalent in Western society.
However, we see in the fields of cosmology, physics and biology, extraordinary evidence for a Creator. The physics of the big bang, the exquisite fine-tuning of the laws of the cosmos, and recent evidence from paleontology and genetics —all show unmistakable signs of an intelligence behind life. Consciousness and free-will, inexplicable in purely physical terms, point to the reality of the soul. Antony Latham also argues that the universe is ‘open’—not simply the interaction of matter and energy, but where miracles are expected.
Antony Latham is a retired family doctor with nine years experience working in hospitals in East Africa. He has authored books on Darwinism and philosophy of mind and has a degree in Medical Law and Bioethics. His latest book is “WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS. How Science and Philosophy lead us to God”. Currently he chairs The Scottish Council on Human Bioethics. He and his wife have four children and three grandchildren. They live in the Western Isles of Scotland where he enjoys sailing and mountaineering.