Science Meets Faith
Cryptographer Dr. Alfred Basta Publishes Book Examining Faith Through Science and Mathematics
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Dr. Alfred Basta’s new book, Why I Decided to Believe in God, recounts his 12-year effort to examine and challenge belief in God through mathematics, science, philosophy, biblical scholarship and historical research. The cryptography scholar says that investigation ultimately led him from skepticism to Christian conviction. The book also addresses the problem of evil, divine hiddenness, Scripture’s reliability, the origins of the universe, evolution and the historical case for the resurrection. Basta frames the intellectual journey alongside personal grief, including the deaths of his father, mother and wife, and considers whether faith can endure profound loss.
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The book’s full subtitle is “A Cryptographer’s Twelve-Year Case Against God, Three Graves, and the Evidence That Would Not Break,” highlighting both Basta’s original skeptical inquiry and the personal losses that shaped it.
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Basta was born in Egypt in 1972 and was raised in a Presbyterian family, providing additional background to his later examination of Christian belief.
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Beyond his work as a cryptography scholar, Basta is described as a professor, researcher and cybersecurity expert with a Ph.D. in Cryptography and a master’s degree in Computer Science.
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The article says Basta has spent nearly three decades teaching cybersecurity, computer science and information technology, connecting the book’s theological inquiry to a long academic and technical career.
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