The Bible begins with these words: In the beginning …

Science often looks past those words when it explains the origins of life. What is a believer to believe? How about a scientist?

Dr. Fuz Rana will help the members of your congregation and your community better understand the latest scientific knowledge about how life began … and how it’s continued. 

Among the issues he’ll look at:

• When and how did life begin on Earth?
• Did the Earth exist long before man?
• Did life begin in a complex form?

Current research into the origin of life is now looking beyond the Earth for answers. The three most common theories now being studied:

• Alien visitation
• An undiscovered law of physics
• A transcendent Being that created life

Dr. Rana provides a scientific model that he believes shows the answer that future scientists will agree upon. Get ready to open your doors (and the minds of your church and community) to a new way of looking at the origin of life.

Dr. Fazale (Fuz) Rana is the vice president for science apologetics at Reasons to Believe. He earned his Ph.D. in chemistry, with an emphasis in biochemistry, at Ohio University. He previously worked for seven years as a Senior Scientist in product development for Procter & Gamble. Dr. Rana has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, made presentations at 20 international scientific meetings, and co-authored a chapter on anti-microbial peptides. He also holds one patent. Dr. Rana coauthored the book Origins of Life and Who Was Adam? He lives in Southern California with his wife and daughters.