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    Excerpt from  How to Argue with an Atheist , by Professor TL Brink              STEP #4: Develop a Priority of Your Values     STUDENT: Dr. Brink?  I have been thinking about what you said about the limits of science, that science cannot prove which values that we should commit ourselves to.   BRINK: Would you wish to dispute that point?   STUDENT: Not directly. I agree that values are one thing and facts another, and that facts cannot be used to prove values, but I still like science.   BRINK: So do I.   STUDENT: I mean I still choose science and choose its values.   BRINK: How so? If science does not prove which values we should choose, what does it mean to choose the values of science?   STUDENT: What I mean is that science is valuable because it achieves certain values. If gives us technology that helps us attain important values, such as health and comfort.   BRINK: Correct you a...

  In a special to the Arizona Daily Star, Arthur Yavelberg ( A Theology for the Rest of Us ) asks about the source of our values: faith or reason. As with all his articles, this one is thoughtful and thought-provoking. Well worth the read, leaving you enriched in ways you were not before you read the piece, which you can find HERE . To read more posts by and about Arthur and his book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. ...