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To: semper_libertas
"Religions sincerely devoted to God will be strengthened by science, never weakened."

Religeon and science are distinct ways of looking at the world. They have nothing to do with one another. One confusion results from what I believe is an erroneous view that science can tell us something about the ultimate nature of reality. That scientific theories tell us what some aspect of the world is like "in reality", while in fact, they only provide an imperfect and incomplete model of that aspect of the world.

121 posted on 01/07/2002 1:34:02 PM PST by Aurelius
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To: Aurelius
That scientific theories tell us what some aspect of the world is like "in reality", while in fact, they only provide an imperfect and incomplete model of that aspect of the world.

Whereas religion gives us a perfect and complete view of the world???

Which is why, perhaps, that members of various competing religions have been killing each other throught history???

128 posted on 01/07/2002 1:48:30 PM PST by js1138
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To: Aurelius
That scientific theories tell us what some aspect of the world is like "in reality", while in fact, they only provide an imperfect and incomplete model of that aspect of the world.

You left out the part about the models being replaced with better ones as time goes on. This is a major advantage of science over religion.

139 posted on 01/07/2002 2:07:06 PM PST by jejones
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