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To: syriacus
"Yes. We need to listen to people with expertise in both fields"

Yes, because religion dogma has led to the great scientific advances of ... err... ummm...

Care to name any?
24 posted on 05/21/2007 9:03:06 AM PDT by ndt
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To: ndt
Yes, because religion dogma has led to the great scientific advances of ... err... ummm... Care to name any?

It makes sense to listen to folks who are both religious and scientific, if we are discussing God and science.

Among the great polymaths of the Scientific Revolution, Copernicus was a mathematician, astronomer, jurist, physician, classical scholar, Catholic cleric, governor, administrator, military leader, diplomat and economist. Amid his extensive responsibilities, astronomy figured as little more than an avocation.

25 posted on 05/21/2007 10:50:56 AM PDT by syriacus (Shock a lib today. Hand them a copy of the censorship rules imposed by Truman's govt in Jan., 1951.)
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To: ndt
Care to name any? [religious scientists]

How about Kepler?

Kepler also incorporated religious arguments and reasoning into his work, motivated by the religious conviction that God had created the world according to an intelligible plan which was accessible through the natural light of reason.

26 posted on 05/21/2007 10:59:12 AM PDT by syriacus (Shock a lib today. Hand them a copy of the censorship rules imposed by Truman's govt in Jan., 1951.)
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To: ndt
How about Gregor Mendel?
Known for Discovering modern genetics Gregor Johann Mendel ... was a Moravian[2] Augustinian priest and scientist often called the "father of modern genetics" for his study of the inheritance of traits in pea plants.

27 posted on 05/21/2007 11:03:13 AM PDT by syriacus (Shock a lib today. Hand them a copy of the censorship rules imposed by Truman's govt in Jan., 1951.)
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To: ndt
I'm not sure how to classify Isaac Newton..he seems to have believed in God, though he abandoned his Anglican background.

Although the laws of motion and universal gravitation became Newton's best-known discoveries, he warned against using them to view the universe as a mere machine, as if akin to a great clock. He said, "Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who set the planets in motion. God governs all things and knows all that is or can be done."[11]

29 posted on 05/21/2007 11:21:08 AM PDT by syriacus (Shock a lib today. Hand them a copy of the censorship rules imposed by Truman's govt in Jan., 1951.)
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Robert Boyle
A student of natural philosophy, he proposed an early atomic theory of matter, formulated the first definition of an element and conducted rigorous experiments with detailed documentation.

With his Oxford assistant Robert Hooke, Boyle devised an air pump that allowed him to experiment with vacuums and the properties of gases, metals, combustion and sound. He is known for Boyle's law, which states that the pressure and volume of gas at a constant temperature have an inversely proportional relationship ...A prolific writer throughout his career, he wrote on matters of science and religion and posthumously financed a lecture series designed to use science to defend Christianity.


30 posted on 05/21/2007 11:41:25 AM PDT by syriacus (Shock a lib today. Hand them a copy of the censorship rules imposed by Truman's govt in Jan., 1951.)
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