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I heard a great explanation about the difference between science and
religion during a Fresh Air interview with physicist Brian Green.  He
said he didn't understand why there has to be a controversy between
science and religion because they try to answer different questions.
Science asks "how?", "when?" and "what?" whereas Religion asks "Why?".
So they definitely aren't mutually exclusive, just tackling different
kinds of questions. 

-Elizabeth Wiles
Pacific Science Center
Seattle 

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Subject: Re: Evolution, Creation, can we please move on?

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but...  if one accepts the notion that the divine can work through
natural 
agencies, which many people do, then why must science and god be
mutually 
exclusive??

So what  do we do? Shall we stand strong and proudly declare: "SCIENCE
DOES
NOT  RECOGNIZE THE EXISTENCE OF ANY SUPERNATURAL AGENTS!" I'm all for
it,  but
again, what will it do to our funding? Will people respect us for  our
honesty or hate us for devaluing their faith? Should we take the hit
now and
hope it makes things better for science in the long run? Can we  even
take
the hit, or would it destroy our institutions before the  long-term
benefits
are realized? Do we play it safe, or stand by our  principles regardless
of
the consequences?

I'm not entirely sure  what the answers are, but I'm glad to see it
discussed
on this  forum.


 

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