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To: Katelew who wrote (83023)	9/8/2008 11:53:55 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541647

Some people do think that science and religion are incompatible which is a shame I agree with that statement. I do not believe that one can believe in creationism and evolution at the same time though. To each creationist only one questions needs to be asked to find the depth of their faith;......if you get a life threatening infection by a resistant bug, what antibiotic do you want to be used? steve

To: Katelew who wrote (83023)	9/9/2008 12:27:08 AM
From: Stan J. Czernel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541647

Some people do think that science and religion are incompatible which is a shame. I think quite the opposite and have read that there is a growing number of scientists that think the same way Great Post, katelew. I agree especially with this last sentence. I don't believe their is any real conflict between Science and Religion. Scientists love puzzles: and the Universe and everything in it is a big one! As a species we have a faculty of reason, and an insatiable hunger to know. I can't know the mind of God, but God must want us to use these faculties He gave us. I believe that true Scientists are doing God's work every bit as much as as any clergyman. Maybe the universe is like a terrarium on Gods shelf - where He created Laws and matter and energy, and set it all in motion. The laws seem to be static and consistent - but more science is needed ;-) to know for sure. It seem the terrarium was made to yield its mysteries to science. I see science as an effort to discover the rules of the terrarium. It is not about God directly. God is free to create other terrariums, obeying other laws , or to change the laws in any of them if it is His desire. So religious Scientists can work on discovering the laws of this terrarium, understanding that it only a part of a greater Reality. It would be a shame if this crown jewel of human achievement were polluted by Creationism. Civilization may not be able to survive another Dark Age.

To: Katelew who wrote (83023)	9/9/2008 9:21:35 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541647

That's why I said "invisible or can be proved"- that gravity exists can be proved. Easily. I don't happen to think religion and science are incompatible- I just think most humans make them that way. The Buddhists manage to do a nice job combining them. I think in the US there is an hostility to science, especially from the religious corners of our nation, just as there is hostility to education. That strikes me as unfortunate given our need for scientists in the future.