[Alia]

From article: "Whatever is true ultimately finds its source in God," Father Weinandy said. "So there can't be a conflict between what is scientifically true and what is revealed as true in revelation."

A keeper.

[paudio]

I recently had a discussion with a student who majored in Political science and very much into environmentalism. We had lunch together, and he started to talk about Dawkins, which he liked so much. He shared Dawkins view, that religion caused so many troubles in the world and needs to be put away. Then, I asked him what religion caused the three biggest war of all that killed the most people: WWI, WWII, and cold war. He couldn't answer, so I told him: it was the clashes of non-religion philosophies such as nationalism, fascism, communism, capitalism, etc. I also said the latest version non-religion philosophy that will create conflict in the near future: environmentalism.

Needless to say, he never said hi to me anymore.

[ELS]

Steven Weinberg, a Noble laureate in physics

He may be a Nobel laureate, but he is a complete jerk on a personal level. I was an undergrad physics student at UT Austin and encountered him while he was a professor there. (He could still be at UT. I haven't really followed his career.)

[escapefromboston]

The God of the Old Testament is homophobic?? Come on, the supreme being and creator of the universe is scared of Paul Lynde?

[csense]

According to Kurtz, the center doesn't deny the rights of Christians to have an opinion on issues such as abortion, stem-cell research and AIDS prevention, he just doesn't think they have any business inserting their opinions on those issues into policy debates. "We believe in liberty of expression," Kurtz told Our Sunday Visitor. "But to impose a moral perspective on these issues, issues that are matters of scientific inquiry, is illegitimate."

Kurtz is a putz if he thinks abortion has anything at all to do with scientific inquiry. Regardless though, all he can do is lobby, like anybody else, including Christians. His select choice of words here, and their implication, amount to nothing more than a toothless dragon.

[LiteKeeper]

FYI: Paul Kurtz is not a scientist - he is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at SUNY Buffalo

[SuziQ]

Faith and reason ping!

[siunevada]

From ecclesiastics such as St. Albert the Great, Jesuit Father Angelo Secci (the founder of modern astrophysics) and the Augustinian monk Gregor Mendel (the father of genetics)

I feel compelled to mention Fr. Georges LeMaitre

Priest, Scientist,...Originator of the theory of the expanding universe. ... one of the youngest scientists that has ever made an important contribution in explanation of astro-physical phenomena. Professor Albert Einstein termed his theory of the expanding universe "the most satisfactory yet presented,"

[pax_et_bonum]

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