Re: Speaking of Science and Religion...

From: jerry warner (jwarner1_at_ai5.net)
Date: 03/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 01:48:26 -0600

Care to translate into English?

DustyMars wrote:

> In article <42314BB6.CD58EFDE@ai5.net>, jwarner1@ai5.net says...
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> Wow, another right on target and topic thread. Wow wee. WHY?
> --
> RustyMars
>
> "Nothing is rich but the inexhaustible wealth of nature. She shows us
> only surfaces, but she is a million fathoms deep."
> ....Ralph Waldo Emerson