However the great successes of science - Galileo's telescopic observations, Newton's law of gravity, etc - all of this great success caused people to sort of say, what if we could establish religion on that same successful basis? What if we could have a good rational foundation for religious belief. What if religion could be sort of like science. Of course, that can't be.
I have never come to know God, to see God, to believe in God through doing science. He's not the conclusion of some sort of process of my personal sc… - George Coyne
I have never come to know God, to see God, to believe in God through doing science. He's not the conclusion of some sort of process of my personal sc…
- George Coyne
The Copernican revolution was actually a contribution to the life of the church, the development of our view of ourselves in terms of the Universe, a… - George Coyne
The Copernican revolution was actually a contribution to the life of the church, the development of our view of ourselves in terms of the Universe, a…
Doing science is not inherently incompatible with religious faith. - George Coyne
Doing science is not inherently incompatible with religious faith.
If I have a fundamental belief that the universe is created by God, then I also come to the belief that that universe reflects God, it gives me some … - George Coyne
If I have a fundamental belief that the universe is created by God, then I also come to the belief that that universe reflects God, it gives me some …
The Christian church has a long history of gradually absorbing scientific perspectives and new discoveries. It seems to me that, in fact, that has be… - George Coyne
The Christian church has a long history of gradually absorbing scientific perspectives and new discoveries. It seems to me that, in fact, that has be…
The nature of God is something that is of serious interest to believers, to theologians, and to philosophers. And yet we can't come to the nature of … - George Coyne
The nature of God is something that is of serious interest to believers, to theologians, and to philosophers. And yet we can't come to the nature of …
Neither of us can come to either a knowledge of God, or a denial of God by our scientific research. - George Coyne
Neither of us can come to either a knowledge of God, or a denial of God by our scientific research.
I can't see for the life of me how an attempt to understand the universe, which I believe comes from God, can alienate us from God. - George Coyne
I can't see for the life of me how an attempt to understand the universe, which I believe comes from God, can alienate us from God.
Science is and should be seen as "completely neutral" on the issue of the theistic or atheistic implications of scientific results. - George Coyne
Science is and should be seen as "completely neutral" on the issue of the theistic or atheistic implications of scientific results.
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