About GodAndScience.org
Beginnings
GodAndScience.org began for me (Richard Deem) while I began serving as a
volunteer apologist for Reasons
To Believe in 1994. At the time, Reasons was receiving dozens to hundreds of
letters every month that needed to be answered. The "easy" letters
were answered by the staff, usually by including one of the ministry's short
papers along with a form letter. However, there were always the harder
questions, most of which required at least some research to answer. As a part of
the group of 40-60 volunteers, I answered 3-4 letters/week. Initially, the
number of letters answered was much less, since every letter required research
and study (both biblical and scientific). Eventually, I wrote quite a number of
long papers on various topics related to theology and science. I kept up with
the current scientific literature and kept adding to the body of evidence for
each paper. As a relatively new Christian (since 1988, see my
testimony page), serving with
Reasons To Believe forced me to examine
Christianity in detail and study the Bible in depth to answer the questions of
both skeptics and believers. The learning experience with
Reasons To Believe was
the basis for much of the information incorporated into this site.
GodAndScience.org
The website Evidence for God from Science was begun in early 1997 as a personal homepage at Geocities (now defunct). The main site continued to grow, and in 1999, the domain "GodAndScience.org" was purchased and the domain name was forwarded to a personal ISP homepage. In early 2000, the website ran out of its 20 MB of server space and was moved to a hosting server. As of 2012, the site is over 2 GB with 1300+ pages and thousands of images. It now receives over 300,000 visitors each month and answers dozens of e-mails.
Mission
The mission of Evidence for God from Science is to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ and to encourage skeptics to examine the truth claims of Christianity. Having once been a skeptic myself, I understand that most skeptics assume Christianity is false before making a serious attempt to examine the evidence. Therefore, our goal is to present the scientific and biblical evidence that supports a rational belief in the existence and love of God.
Ministry Volunteers
The ministry is blessed to have several volunteers who are now helping. They are much appreciated:
| Name | Position | Expertise | Other Experience |
| Joseph Martinetti | Correspondent | Science questions | M.S., geological sciences |
| Scott Brisbane | Web Support Moderator |
Web development Discussion Forum |
Web Hosting |
| Mario A. Olcese | Spanish Translator | Evangelism to Spanish speakers | El Evangelio del Reino |
Interesting facts
Although most visitors to the website live in the United States (~70%), four of the top ten cities are not in the U.S. Three Australian cities are within the top 20. The website is very popular in the Philippines (#4, overall, behind UK and Canada). The most popular pages are:
- The Real 2012 Prophecy: Mayans, Nostradamus, and Planet X, Oh My!
- The Medical 'Benefits' of Smoking Marijuana: a Review of the Current Scientific Literature
- Famous Scientists Who Believed in God
- What Will Heaven be Like?
- What is Love as Defined by the Bible?
- Genetics and Homosexuality: Are People Born Gay?
- If God Created Everything, Who Created God?
- Prophecies of Jesus Christ as Messiah
- Is It Okay for Christians to Use Marijuana and Other Drugs?
- History of the Bible: How The Bible Came To Us
- Did Albert Einstein Believe in a Personal God?
- General Introduction for Non-Believers: Part 1, Are Your Beliefs Consistent with Your Worldview?
- Who Is Satan?: What Does the Bible Say About the Devil?
- Is God Real? Does Science Answer "Is There a God?"
- Differences between Jehovah's Witnesses and Christianity
Needs of the ministry
GodAndScience.org is a "tent-making" ministry, since its primary minister is employed full time in medical research. The modest costs of the ministry (web hosting, domain registration, etc.) are partly covered through the sale of books. Therefore, the ministry has no financial needs at this time. However, the ministry is always in need of prayer, since the time demands of employment, family, and volunteer activity limit the amount of time spent in ministry. I am "blessed" to live over one hour from my work, since there is a vanpool that allows me to work on the site and e-mails 10-15 hours/week. However, the volume of e-mail is getting beyond the point of part-time ministry, and I am looking for ministry partners to help answer e-mails. In addition, it would be nice to have ministry partners willing to examine the pages for errors. Every time I edit a page, I am appalled by the number of errors in English. Of course, if you see any errors in content, we want to correct those also. For the last few years, we have been translating pages into Spanish, so we would be interested in getting more help with that. See the help wanted page for more information. All positions are part-time and unpaid.
Prayer Needs
- That I would have the mind of Christ and respond to inquiries as He would.
- That I would provide for the spiritual and emotional needs of my wife and children.
- That the Lord would expand my ministry to serve Him and give me the time to do His will in my life.
- That the minds and hearts of skeptics would be opened to the truth and love of God in Christ Jesus.
- That ministry partners would be blessed through service to Jesus Christ.
- That my need to drive the Cedars vanpool as backup driver might be limited to a few days (or less) per month.
- That the website's server would be protected. It has suffered from break-in and denial of service attacks.
Thank you for your prayers!
Rich Deem
http://www.godandscience.org/about.html
Last Modified March 30, 2012
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