Re: Speaking of Science and Religion...

From: jerry warner (jwarner1_at_ai5.net)
Date: 03/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 01:41:42 -0600

Davoud wrote:

> Physicist Charles Townes, who won the Nobel Prize in 1964 for
> co-inventing the laser, has been awarded this year's $1.5 Templeton
> Prize. The Templeton Prize recognizes a recipient's contributions to
> advancing knowledge in matters relating to science and religion.
>
> In 1966 Townes created a stir with an article in the IBM journal THINK,
> in which he argued that science and religion are driven by the same
> assumptions and observations.

That isnt what he said at all. What he said was: 'science and religion are
both
faithe based - ultimately.' Read his article?
J.

> Many students and scientists rejected
> Townes's ideas, but he said that only emboldened him to continue
> writing and talking about the subject. "It is important for us to be
> open-minded in science and religion. The two are more similar than one
> may think," he says.
>
> Townes plans to donate half of the money to his alma mater, Furman
> University in Greenville, South Carolina, and a major portion of the
> remainder to various faith-based institutions.
>
> The Duke of Edinburgh will present the prize at a private ceremony in
> Buckingham Palace on May 4.
>
> *****
>
> Paraphrased from an AAAS _ScienceNow_ article.
>
> Davoud

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