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Science & the Sacred is moving to our new home on The BioLogos Foundation's Web site. Be sure to visit and bookmark our new location to stay up to date with the latest blogs from Karl Giberson, Darrel Falk, Pete Enns, and our various guests in the science-religion dialogue. We're inaugurating ou
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Shiny Scales, Silvery Skins, and Evolution
Source: Physorg.comIridescence -- a key component of certain makeup, paints, coatings of mirrors and lenses -- is also an important feature in the natural world. Both fish and spiders make use of periodic photonic systems, which scatter or reflect the light that passes against their scales or
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A Stellar Advent Calendar
Looking for a unique way to mark the days of the Advent season? The Web site Boston.com offers an Advent calendar composed of images from the Hubble Telescope, both old and new. Each day, from now until the celebration of the Nativity of Christ, the calendar will offer a beautiful image from the hea
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Belief, Guidance, and Evolution
Recently BioLogos' Karl Giberson was interviewed by Marcio Campos for the Brazilian newspaper Gazeta do Povo's Tubo De Ensaio (i.e. "Test tube") section. What follows is a translated transcript of that interview, which we will be posting in three installments. Here is the first.
Campos: Starting o
posted 8:00:00am Dec. 08, 2009 |
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Let's Come at this From a Different Angle
Every Friday, "Science and the Sacred" features an essay
from a guest voice in the science and religion dialogue. This week's
guest entry was written by Peter Enns. Enns is an evangelical Christian
scholar and author of several books and commentaries, including the
popular Inspiration and Incarnatio
posted 8:00:00am Dec. 04, 2009 |
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posted May 8, 2009 at 11:00 am
I always wonder how the history of science would have turned out if, the day after pronouncing the Copernican Model heretical, Roberto Bellarmine had been found in the Tiber with his throat cut but scientists tend to stress reason more than force, historically to their detriment.
Let us not forget that in the year Galileo died, Sir Isaac Newton was born and by the time he was through it no longer mattered what any Pope would have to say on the subject of science again, as they have to be reminded every now and then. But let us also remember that the reason Newton did not face the fate of Galileo was not the triumph of Reason, but rather the Protestant Reformation and the guns of the British Navy which meant while the Pope could sputter and fume, there was nothing he could do about it.
posted May 8, 2009 at 10:11 pm
I agree with Charles. The Catholic Church and other religious forces are much weaker than they once were. This is why religion now cedes to science, but only reluctantly, hoping to have full command once again.
I really enjoyed reading Carl Sagan’s Cosmos many years ago about the Galileo’s struggle with the Church. It is complex, but I wouldn’t want to try to justify the Church’s position as is implied above. These people burned others at the stake for petty reasons, sometimes related to dogma, and at other times for personal reasons. I wouldn’t want to say that it was o.k. when it was due to a betrayal of a cleric’s friendship.
posted May 10, 2009 at 7:13 pm
While in theory Science and Religion should be able to follow the NOMA principal and coexist. But it doesn’t seem to work out that way.
Besides Galileo we have the age of the Earth and evolution debate. Both of which have a great deal of evidence, but there’s still controversy after 150 years.
There are still a few flat Earthers out there so I doubt this will ever be settled.