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To: LiteKeeper
“Science and religion are two windows that people look through, trying to understand the big universe outside, trying to understand why we are here. The two windows give different views, but they look out at the same universe. Both views are one-sided, neither is complete. Both leave out essential features of the real world. And both are worthy of respect.
Trouble arises when either science or religion claims universal jurisdiction, when either religious dogma or scientific dogma claims to be infallible. Religious creationists and scientific materialists are equally dogmatic and insensitive. By their arrogance they bring both science and religion into disrepute. The media exaggerate their numbers and importance. The media rarely mention the fact that the great majority of religious people belong to moderate denominations that treat science with respect, or the fact that the great majority of scientists treat religion with respect so long as religion does not claim jurisdiction over scientific questions.” physicist Freeman Dyson
4 posted on 05/07/2007 7:19:42 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Is Dyson contending that people ought not have any convictions?


8 posted on 05/07/2007 8:12:29 PM PDT by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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