Re: Speaking of Science and Religion...

From: DustyMars (dustymar_at_newsguy.com)
Date: 03/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:43:01 -0500

In article <42314BB6.CD58EFDE@ai5.net>, jwarner1@ai5.net says...
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> 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.
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> > 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
>
>
Wow, another right on target and topic thread. Wow wee. WHY? 

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