“I strongly believe in the existence of God, based on intuition, observations, logic, and also scientific knowledge.”
“Science, with its experiments and logic, tries to understand the order or structure of the universe. Religion, with its theological inspiration and reflection, tries to understand the purpose or meaning of the universe. These two are cross-related. Purpose implies structure, and structure ought somehow to be interpretable in terms of purpose.”
“At least this is the way I see it. I am a physicist. I also consider myself a Christian. As I try to understand the nature of our universe in these two modes of thinking, I see many commonalities and crossovers between science and religion. It seems logical that in the long run the two will even converge.”
–Charles Hard Townes (1964 Nobel Physics laureate).
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“I believe in God. In fact, I believe in a personal God who acts in and interacts with the creation. I believe that the observations about the orderliness of the physical universe, and the apparently exceptional fine-tuning of the conditions of the universe for the development of life suggest that an intelligent Creator is responsible.”
“I believe in God because of a personal faith, a faith that is consistent with what I know about science.”
“Being an ordinary scientist and an ordinary Christian seems perfectly natural to me. It is also perfectly natural for the many scientists I know who are also people of deep religious faith.”
—William D. Phillips (1997 Nobel Physics laureate)
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I’m a bit late — it’s been a long and very busy day — but the latest installment of my weekly Deseret News column was published earlier this afternoon:
“‘Do the heavens declare the glory of God?'”
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As General Conference commonly does in this age of non-stop online chatter, the most recently concluded iteration of General Conference has enraged and inflamed certain critics Out There. I mentioned this phenomenon just a bit the other day:
“Complaining about General Conference”
Here’s a response to one such critic:
The talk given by Elder Dallin H. Oaks has also — as his talks often do — aroused some to indignation.
Here’s a video of his remarks:
“Dallin H. Oaks’ talk at the October 2017 General Conference”
And here’s a believing LDS reflection inspired by it:
“Some thoughts based on Elder Oaks’ Recent Talk at Conference”
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