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	very well said


> De: Lisa Jo Rudy <[log in to unmask]>
> A: [log in to unmask]
> Objet: religion AND science (as opposed to versus)
> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:48:58 EST

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> From my perspective, while there is CERTAINLY no need to get into all this in 
> a museum exhibit, there's no obvious clash between the religious and the 
> scientific perspectives.
> 
> As a museum professional with Masters in Divinity (albeit a Unitarian!!), 
> I've never really understood the need to separate science from religion.  It 
> seems to me that the two are simply complementary approaches to what really is, 
> from all perspectives, a mysterious universe.
> 
> Why can't science be seen (by those who so choose) as the unveiling of a 
> created universe (as opposed to a random universe)?  Why can't evolution be 
> understood (by those who so choose) as a process designed by a deity?  
> 
> Of course, I live in a blue state, and went to "blue" universities -- which 
> means I'm not really exposed to the more fundamentalist perspectives.  Maybe we 
> blue-ish folk just think too much... LOL!
> 
> Lisa
> 
> 
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