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Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:00 AM

What's wrong with science as religion

Piercing a Communion wafer with a nail and throwing it in the garbage, as one crusading biologist recently did, does science no favors.
By Karl Giberson

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  • Wednesday, July 30, 2008 06:30 PM

    Science and religion are not incompatible

    The greatest rationalist of 'em all, Isaac Newton, spent most of his life searching for coded messages in the Bible. None of us know the ultimate meaning or nature of the universe; and the very best science can do is build mathematical models of what is observable. In any event, there is little or no point to mocking other peoples' spiritual beliefs. It's rude, counterproductive, and disrespectful.

    —fishfry Read fishfry's other letters

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