Humanism | July 16, 2009 | 4 comments

Science versus religion: The debate comes to the NIH

source: http://www.examiner.com/x-17009-Freethought-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Science-versus-religion-the-...

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The National Institutes of Health recently received as its director a confessed evangelical Christian, Dr. Francis S. Collins, an appointment leading some to question whether or not Collins will be scientific and objective in his management and decisions.

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Is it possible to be an evangelical Christianity and maintain scientific objectivity?
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4 comments // Science versus religion: The debate comes to the NIH

  • csmonut
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      csmonut  

    • I sincerely believe that both can work together. Many of the best scientists have religious beliefs. As scientists, they understand that there are mechanisms at work that need to be looked at and understood.
      The fact they are scientists to begin with shows the willingness to ask the hard questions.

      I looked up the term evangelical and this is what I found.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelicalism

      I am not religious. The thoughts I have on organized religion are very narrow and negative. The thoughts I have on a single god, or any god, for that matter, are pretty much the same way.
      Yet I know several devout people who are just as curious about the physical universe as I am. They have reconciled their beliefs with the science and are quite comfortable asking the hard questions.

    • 2 years ago
  • artemis6
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      artemis6  

    • The problem with hardcore christians , is that they are bred to conform , and are taught to literally fear damnation if they question . The most important questions are off limits . I am so glad that I stumbled on to Plato quoting Socrates " Question Everything " at an early age . It is my nature to be insatiably curious and the restrictions religion imposed were a torture to me . My point is that , this programming becomes fixed in adulthood . I believe there is a loss of ability to freely question , and a unconscious fear of doing so that is incompatible with science . Awareness itself is hobbled , a great blind spot in the perception of the grand scope of existence . Only a twisted science could emerge . This does not bode well . A scientist seeks truth , her perception is determined by her awareness . It takes utmost courage to hold to reason and to see the glory of what is , instead of what you wish is true .

    • 2 years ago
  • JasonCovich
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      JasonCovich  

    • This scares the shit out of me. An evangelical will answer every question the same way. God did it and there is no reason to keep researching anything.

    • 2 years ago
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