Apologist Interview: Fazale Rana

Today’s interview is with biochemist Fazale Rana, executive vice president of research and apologetics at Reasons to Believe, a science-faith think tank based in Southern California. He talks about his journey to faith, the role of natural theology, trying to create life in the lab, the thesis of his new book, how we define life, two different approaches to synthetic biology, the goals for synthetic biology, possible moral issues behind artificial life (are we playing God?), the harmonization between new scientific discoveries and scripture, RTB’s origin of life model, the plausibility of “pre-biotic soup,” the future of synthetic biology, the apologetic value of science, having confidence in the scriptures, and more.

Full Interview MP3 here (47 min)

Books by Fuz Rana include:
• Creating Life in the Lab: How New Discoveries in Synthetic Biology Make a Case for the Creator
• The Cell’s Design: How Chemistry Reveals the Creator’s Artistry
• Origins of Life: Biblical and Evolutionary Models Face Off
• Who Was Adam?: A Creation Model Approach to the Origin of Man

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Brian Auten is the founder emeritus of Apologetics315. He is also director of Reasonable Faith Belfast. Brian holds a Masters degree in Christian Apologetics and has interviewed over 150 Christian apologists. His background is in missions, media direction, graphic design, and administration. Brian started Apologetics315 in 2007 to be an apologetics hub to equip Christians to defend the faith.

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