[Liberal Classic]

I did not mean to imply that science and faith cannot be reconciled. I personally believe they can, and I have worked with people in scientific research, in the applied sciences, and in engineering who are also devout and observant.

However, for the purposes of this particular sub-forum, I am of the opinion there is little chance of reconciliation because, frankly, there are some people who will not be reconciled. Therefore, scientific topics should be considered toxic to the religion forum.

[js1138]

No disagreement. The ability to reconcile surface contradictions does not appear to be something you can learn. Scientist know from their work that they will never answere the deep questions, and do not try.

They can, however, tell when observable facts conflict with literal interpretations of religious texts. St. Augustine had the answer.

[PatrickHenry]

I did not mean to imply that science and faith cannot be reconciled. I personally believe they can ...

Certainly. But one must be willing to accept that some prior understanding of scripture may have been mistaken. Favorite example: the solar system, which conflicts with earlier reading of scripture. But when one insists on a word-for-word literal reading of scripture, there can't be any reconciliation with science. That's why some denominations have no problem with science, while others have nothing but problems. It's a denominational issue, not a science issue.