In the Canadian magazine, The Walrus, is an interview with the Jesuit scientist Guy Consolmagno. It can be found at: http://www.walrusmagazine.ca/articles/2009.10-profile-the-glad-scientist/1/.
I am attracted to such conversations for many reasons. I have something of a scientific background and a scientific turn of mind. The battles between science and religion have a long history and have again become an important confrontation encounter between faith and doubt.
At the close of the article is this quote:
Consolmagno has little patience for intelligent design. “Science cannot prove God, or disprove Him. He has to be assumed. If people have no other reason to believe in God than that they can’t imagine how the human eye could have evolved by itself, then their faith is very weak.” Rather than seeking affirmation of his own faith in the heavens, he explains that religion is what gives him the courage and desire to be a scientist. “Seeing the universe as God’s creation means that getting to play in the universe - which is really what a scientist does — is a way of playing with the Creator,” he says. “It’s a religious act. And it’s a very joyous act.”
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
The Glad Scientist
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A quick comment. There is this tone that people get when talking about evolution that is shown in this comment. People say things like "evolved by itself" really are showing little respect to the processes of evolution. My personal opinion is that the complications and shear miraculous nature that evolution has when you look at the end products are evidence for some hand in it. Evolution does not work for an end goal. It works only to select what are the best traits at that moment for that environment in that time. It has no aspect of delayed gratification. So if you believe that there is a purpose for humanities existence and that we are not just another species, the awesomeness of evolution should not be disregarded.
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