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Community service reminder for the forum atheists and for any theists who think they have to choose between religion and science   - science and religion do not need to be seen and approached as being in conflict …

For better understanding how science and religion are related to reality, I recommend reading the brilliant physicist and theologian Ian Barbour. His work on reconciling science and religion, describes a four-category typology of the ways we may think science and religion relate to one another: conflict, independence, dialogue, and integration.

He advocated for the dialogue model.

Ian Barbour’s 4 models of the interaction between religion and science:
* Conflict: Science and religion are in conflict. This view assumes that either science or religion is true while the other is necessarily false, and thus the perspectives of each will be in conflict.
* Independence: Both science and religion can be true, but in different domains. This view assumes that science and religion focus on different things, so as long as each keeps to its own domain, it can yield truth in that domain (Stephen J Gould’s idea of non-overlapping magesteria would be an example of this view).
* Dialogue: Science and religion can be conversation partners, as they both contain truth about many things. This view doesn’t assume that science and religion are the same, but that there is enough overlap in what they focus on to mutually inform one another about truths.
* Integration: The truths of science and religion can be integrated into a larger whole. This view assumes that the best way to understand the world is through an integration of science and religion, because they are complementary modes of knowing the truth about reality.

https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/enr3470/chapter/4-3/

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/us/ian-barbour-academic-who-resisted-conflicts-of-faith-and-science-dies-at-90.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare[/quote]

Community service reminder for the forum atheists and for any theists who think they have to choose between religion and science

The above is strictly opinion.   Think what you like about religion and science.  As many people already know, in today's society, you don[t have to choose.  Some people accept both, some people do not.[/quote]

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