Quote Originally Posted by joel31 View Post
I see it as a real shame that many people think that Christianity and science are polar opposites. There are many Christians who are unfortunately like that but there are so many that accept both and understand the compatibility.

Science can explain the how but not the why.

Personally I see them as complementary with science explaining how God's creation operates.

See this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJMp6p3tLj4) from Professor of Mathematics at Oxford who discusses the compatibility of science and God

There are also many of the so-called formative scientists who were Christians or believed in God (http://www.godandscience.org/apologe...encefaith.html)
re founding scientists. joel:

1, just abou everyone was religious in those days. there was no simpler explanation available at the time to explain seemingly 'miraculous' phenomena. statistically, the had to have been religious.

2, the founding chemists were alchemists, who believed they could convert base metals to gold throgh mixing chemicals. does this meen alchemy is a useful field of investigation?

3, if science and religion were compatible, wouldn't the general level of religosit of scientists stay at a high level? wouldn't the evidence support the belief? the decreased religosity of scientists and academics as a collective is probably due to the incompatibilty of the two systems. for instance, see Darwin.