Reply #6: I am both scientist and a Christian [View All]

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I think the problem is that some people require a physical confirmation of their faith. They either have personal doubts or lack depth. Many scientists that I know that are Atheists (IMHO) are partly the result of the numerous perposterous challenges of long standing scientific theories by fundamentalists. I went through years of agnosticism because a Falwellian preacher demonized science that I loved so much. It took a philosophy course at a public university that required me to examine my views on the meaning of life before I became a Deist and then a Christian.

Science and religion (and/or philosophy) are two sides of the same coin. Science addresses questions such as, "How did we get here?" Religion (and/or philosophy) addresses questions like, "What is the meaning of life?" You cannot test the meaning of life with the scientific method and you cannot test the evolution of the species with religion. You can try but you are basically using a hammer to saw a board.