Originally shared by Omar Loisel
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"Faith and reason are like the shoes on your feet. You will get further with both than with just one."
ReplyDeleteSorry for the Babylon 5 quote, but it came to mind almost immediately. I don't necessarily subscribe to it, but most people of faith that I know would.
I was raised Roman Catholic. The first seven years of my education was in Catholic schools, and I developed an early interest in science that was only encouraged by those around me. It's only when I got to high school that I became aware that some saw a conflict between science and religion.
Mike Aben great quote.
ReplyDeleteI find it very easy to argue against the Conflict Thesis, by showing the large number of People of Faith that have contributed to science. My favorite example is George Lemaître.
http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/essaybooks/cosmic/p_lemaitre.html
Unfortunately I find that citing religious scientists doesn't help with True Nonbelievers. They simply say that religion didn't play an active role in the science so, somehow, it must be in conflict. Which is a bit like saying that there must be a conflict between science and art, or gymnastics, or knitting, or cross-country skiing.
ReplyDeleteI like to remind people that religion did play a major role in the lives, and motivations of many historical scientists. Both Newton and Georges Lemaitres (one of the people who predicted the expanding universe) believed they were studying physics to know the mind and workings of God.
ReplyDeleteWould we have had Newton without religion? It's not clear.