Is there a conflict between reason and religion? Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion , stated that he was “against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.” In an effort to dismiss Christianity as a social by-product of human evolution, scholars have sought to explain the origin of religion from a purely naturalistic perspective. However the ethnological data suggests otherwise, affirming the Bible’s account for the origin of religion and the inseparable relationship between reason and religion. Learn how our presuppositions influence our understanding of the world, how to engage and deconstruct opposing worldviews, and how to present the Christian faith as the absolute truth.

Steven Martins is Staff Apologist & Junior Scholar in Residence at the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity. He holds an undergraduate degree in Human Resource Management from York University, and is working towards a Masters of Arts in Christian Apologetics at Veritas Evangelical Seminary.

Steven founded Nicene International Ministries, a Canadian apologetic ministry, in 2012 and served as the director and chief itinerant speaker for academic debates, lectures and sermons. In the past few years he has spoken in Canada, the United States, Trinidad, El Salvador, and other places, equipping the English and Spanish Church communities and engaging Muslims in dialogues and debates. Steven lives in Toronto, Canada with his wife Cindy.