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Let me be so bold as to suggest that anyone interested in clarifying 
the issues here (mostly political?) obtain and read Stephen Jay 
Gould's "Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of 
Life".  I think that his dedication is poignant and prophetic.
 "For Jesse and Ethan,
who will have to hold on beyond their father's watch, and who will 
surely improve a world with a future so honestly described by John 
Playfair, a great scientist and writer, who closed out his "Outlines 
of Natural Philosophy (1814) by stateing ( in the old subjunctive 
mood, where his "were" equals our "would be").

     "It were unwise to be sanguine,
      and unphilosophical to despair."

I am reminded of Don Quixote's battles and struggles after Gould so 
eloquently discusses NOMA (Non-Overlapping Magisteria) making me aware 
once again that this Western contrived battle of science and religion 
is a non-existent (philosophically) dilemma; in spite of 
White's "History of the Warfare of Science and Religion".

Enjoy.  
Francis Gardner
Emeritus Professor of Biology
Columbus State University

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