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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


Lisa Jo Rudy, Writer/Consultant
625 Chelten Hills Drive
Elkins Park, PA 19027
http://www.lisarudy.com/
215-635-9735

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