Are science and religion enemies?

Are science and religion enemies? April 30, 2016

 

Planet Fomalhaut b
An artist’s conception of a newly discovered planet orbiting the star Fomalhaut (NASA and ESA, public domain)

 

Science and religion . . . are friends, not foes, in the common quest for knowledge. Some people may find this surprising, for there’s a feeling throughout our society that religious belief is outmoded, or downright impossible, in a scientific age. I don’t agree. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that if people in this so-called ‘scientific age’ knew a bit more about science than many of them actually do, they’d find it easier to share my views.

Sir John Polkinghorne, theoretical physicist, Anglican priest, and theologian

 

Posted from Tiberias, Israel

 


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