Comments on: Science and Religion http://www.storyanalytics.com/2009/07/26/science-and-religion/ Exploring stories in business analysis, project management, decision making and other aspects of life. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:50:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: David Morton http://www.storyanalytics.com/2009/07/26/science-and-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-132 David Morton Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:08:11 +0000 http://www.storyanalytics.com/?p=588#comment-132 Thanks for the props, Ganga, and nice blog post. Congratulations on making it through the blogathon! Inspiring accomplishment, and all for a great cause. When I spoke of the arrogance of science, I was addressing the scientific camp that spurns the God factor ... Richard Dawkins et al ... who calls belief in a personal God a delusion. This delusion he defines as a persistent false belief held in the face of strong contradictory evidence, i.e. science. Well! Such arrogance, indeed! It is intolerance of the highest order, calling organized religion mass insanity. Dawkins is a top-notch scientist and powerful writer, though. While he is capable of beholding the incomprehensible mysteries of nature and the inexpressible beauty of the universe, he devalues the mystery, I believe, but asserting that it can all be explained in equations and spreadsheets. I also alluded to the ingenuity of science, and I think it can and should co-exist with a belief in God. Yes, scientists can believe in God, but I don't think they can help us find God ... but you may have the makings of a great science fiction novel in that suggestion! Thanks for the props, Ganga, and nice blog post. Congratulations on making it through the blogathon! Inspiring accomplishment, and all for a great cause.

When I spoke of the arrogance of science, I was addressing the scientific camp that spurns the God factor … Richard Dawkins et al … who calls belief in a personal God a delusion. This delusion he defines as a persistent false belief held in the face of strong contradictory evidence, i.e. science. Well! Such arrogance, indeed! It is intolerance of the highest order, calling organized religion mass insanity.

Dawkins is a top-notch scientist and powerful writer, though. While he is capable of beholding the incomprehensible mysteries of nature and the inexpressible beauty of the universe, he devalues the mystery, I believe, but asserting that it can all be explained in equations and spreadsheets.

I also alluded to the ingenuity of science, and I think it can and should co-exist with a belief in God. Yes, scientists can believe in God, but I don’t think they can help us find God … but you may have the makings of a great science fiction novel in that suggestion!

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