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Good article on this topic, from a lost thread: Physics Nobelist takes stand on evolution.
9 posted on 10/31/2003 7:09:47 AM PST by PatrickHenry (Preserve the purity of your precious bodily fluids!)
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To: PatrickHenry
Thank you so much for the heads up!

The previous thread (Nobelist) had a lot of interesting dialogue that was lost. Lurkers on this thread might be interested in your summary of the debate:

1. Many religious people believe they know the answer and thus believe the scientists must be wrong.

2. Many scientists believe they know the answer and thus the religionists must be wrong.

3. Some of us, when we see a dispute between religion and science, assume that there is something we do not yet understand - either in the Scriptures or in the science - and thus proceed in researching and meditating to answer our own questions.

4. Many others accept both views without being concerned (in this life) how it reconciles.

5. And still others see science and religion both as a work in progress which evolves and informs from generation to generation.

6. Some religious people don't understand that science isn't a competing sect; it's a different intellectual activity altogether, because science and theology operate with a different set of intellectual techniques:

a. Theology uses revelation and faith; science does not.

b. Science is limited to sensory evidence and logic; theology is not.

7. Some scientific people, upon encountering religious people who don't appreciate the epistemological issues described above, assume that all religious teachings are wrong; and vice versa.


14 posted on 10/31/2003 7:22:27 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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72 posted on 10/31/2003 10:26:48 AM PST by longshadow
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