HOUSTON, Texas \u2014 Is there a purpose to the existence of people, or are human beings just a fortunate, accidental outcome of a very lucky sequence of events?<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the secular materialist, we are all made of stardust and here by chance and chance alone, with no particular purpose. When we die, we will turn back into the stardust from whence we came, with no afterlife and no accountability,\u201d said physician and author Bo Kirkwood. His research, however, found something to the contrary: the universe is exquisitely fine-tuned, and it seems especially so for the existence of mankind.<\/p>\n
In his latest book, _A Purpose Driven God, Dr. Kirkwood uses scientific concepts such as relativity and quantum mechanics as well
\nas logic and reason to explore answers to some of life\u2019s most perplexing questions \u2014 _Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going?_
\nWhy is there something and not nothing? to help readers better understand and embrace humanity\u2019s role in the universe.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe answers to these questions are more than just academic; they are vitally important in forming our worldview,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dr. Kirkwood explains that purpose is found in physics, the biologic world, the human body, and in mathematics and all the physical constants that make up the fabric of the universe. In A Purpose Driven God, he shares compelling evidence that there seems, indeed, to also be some purpose for which humans have been placed on this earth.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy book uses science to establish that the universe, Earth and mankind are intertwined and demonstrate exquisite design and purpose \u2014 suggesting that the best explanation is an intelligent designer,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Bo Kirkwood is a retired family physician who most recently served as a hospice doctor for Heart to Heart Hospice in Southeast Texas. He graduated from the University of Houston with a bachelor’s degree in biology, from the University of Houston Clear Lake with an M.A. in behavioral science and from the University Health Science Center in Fort Worth, North Texas University, with a medical degree. He Dr. Kirkwood has a special interest in Christian apologetics and in intelligent design and has lectured on these topics for many years with many of his lectures available on YouTube. He is the author of three books \u2014 Unveiling the DaVinci Code, The Evolution Delusion _and _The Purpose Driven God,_ and co-authored with his brothers Dr. Ron and Dr. John Kirkwood, Christian Ethics and Medical Science. He has contributed articles to Truth Magazine as well as other publications.<\/p>\n An avid golfer who is passionate about the Houston Cougars and Astros, Dr. Kirkwood and his wife, Cherry, raise quarter horses and have two English Labradors. He served in the church for over two decades and continues to preach and teach Bible classes on various subjects. He is available for lectures and classes.<\/p>\n
\npracticed family medicine in his hometown of Pasadena, Texas, for 36 years. He was a professor of medicine for Lincoln Memorial University Medical School, as well as adjunct professor of medicine at McGovern Medical School in Houston, Baylor Medical School in Houston and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas.<\/p>\n