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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see nothing remarkable about the number of religious people who came around to believe in science.  They basically had to to retain any credibiilty. The church eventually came around to believing the earth did revolve around the sun, but it took about 15 centuries. Some still argue against "eviloution." And believe the creation story in Genesis is literally true.  I have heard this listening to Christian radio.[/quote]

At best, scientists aren't hampered by religion. At worst, they are called heretics and killed. 
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It is interesting that the most dogmatic and close-minded posters in this forum appear to be atheists.

Try reading the highly educated and brilliant Barbour and comment on his typology rather than regurgitating the same unnecessarily hostile opinions in every thread. [/quote]

In summary, he uses divinity to explain the unknown. 
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You  clearly did not read him or you would not summarize his work as such.   Try reading the NYT article for a brief overview/ introduction to his work

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I did. He doesn't explicitly say that, but that is what he is doing. 
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Ok to me he is discussing that religion and science address different aspects of seeking truth.

Science is a methodology for understanding physical phenomena in measurable ways that need to be able to replicated consistently.

Religion addresses meaning and ontological spiritual Experiences such as prayer, worship and acts of service based on shared spiritual beliefs. They are not only different forms of knowledge but approach truth in different ways.

Neither one has all the answers .[/quote]

Right. So he compartmentalizes. And when he finds some unknowns in science he assumes it’s divinity. 
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The idea for the dialogue model is to create thoughtful dialogue and meaningful connections between the two rather than compartmentalization, which is the hallmark of post Enlightenment Western thinking.

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Connections that exist in the real world or the supernatural world? 
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