They're going to have to coexist because neither is going anywhere.
"Why do you think God would do that? What is the purpose of it?"
"Well, now we are into a really difficult question, which is trying to understand God's motivations, and I don't think I am qualified to have a clue about that. But I think any religion that people believe in has within it the idea that humans are in search of God, and that God is interested in our being in search of him. So if you accept that idea, then the mechanism by which he could carry that out could be almost anything, but I think in this case it was evolution."
"So you think evolution pleases God in some way?"
Pretty good article. Lessens some stress to the whole Evolution/Creation debate.
Absolutely.
"Why do you think God would do that? What is the purpose of it?"
"Well, now we are into a really difficult question, which is trying to understand God's motivations, and I don't think I am qualified to have a clue about that. But I think any religion that people believe in has within it the idea that humans are in search of God, and that God is interested in our being in search of him. So if you accept that idea, then the mechanism by which he could carry that out could be almost anything, but I think in this case it was evolution."
"So you think evolution pleases God in some way?"
"Absolutely."
(Pretty good article. Lessens some stress to the whole Evolution/Creation debate.)
Must We Have a Separation of Church and Science?
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5617850
Talk of the Nation, August 4, 2006 · Can a world class scientist also be a devout Christian? Some big names in science say "absolutely." But balancing a scientific career with religious beliefs does involve some challenges.
Guests
Francis Collins, author The Language of God; director, National Human Genome Research Institute (National Institutes of Health)
Owen Gingerich, author, God's Universe (forthcoming from Harvard University Press); senior astronomer emeritus, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; research professor emeritus (astronomy and history of science) Harvard University
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