stevertigo wrote:
Lets not be sarcastic. Science is largely a process of exclusion; Sherlock Holmes style reduction of possible explanations. Granted its ground rules are reasonable enough to contain some interesting debates which stretch the boundaries. But if we say for sake of argument that science has little compatibility with religion, why then do a reasonable percentage of scientists hold religious personal views? Is it just for the church dating scene?
What a ridiculous premise for a discussion. Obviously if a large number of scientists hold religious personal views, then there can't be much of a conflict (unless all scientists with religious views are schizophrenic).
People who frame science and religion at each other's throats are either uninformed on the subject, or deceitfully trying to manipulate opinion.
Chris