Gleiser is a Jewish agnostic who is honest with himself and his work. His views on the subject follow those of Einstein and Einstein’s mentor Kurt Goedel. Such views are valuable to defend science against deceivers who abuse science.
Newton was to the 17th century what Einstein was to the 20th century and what Goedel is becoming to the 21st century. Yet Newton was a devout Christian.
A Christian scientist is not only humble but also guided to uncover and enlighten what God wants His human creation to have, There are many scientific facts to pursue but the Christian scientist lets God and His flesh form in Christ be the guide as to what to pursue.
Belief in Christ not only instills humility but also guides the Christian scientist to avoid shiny objects such as beautiful fruit from a poisonous tree. For example, precoded genetic laboratory grown humans; should the knowledge underlying technology for this be a focus for development or should it be avoided in favor of gaining genetic knowledge to cure disease? Which should be funded? Which should receive research grants? Such questions are moral and ethical in nature and are rooted in scripture.
The “scientific method” came out of the period just following the protestant reformation, and was spurred on by a belief that “The philosophy of experimental science … began its discoveries and made use of its methods in the faith, not the knowledge, that it was dealing with a rational universe controlled by a creator who did not act upon whim nor interfere with the forces He had set in operation… It is surely one of the curious paradoxes of history that science, which professionally has little to do with faith, owes its origins to an act of faith that the universe can be rationally interpreted, and that science today is sustained by that assumption.” (Eiseley, L., Darwin’s Century: Evolution and the Men who Discovered It, Doubleday, Anchor, New York, 1961.)