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01101001 · #6 (**permalink**) 04-November-2004, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by neonsurge

I've seen this topic mentioned a few times here on BABB, but haven't come across any "serious" discussion and I'm wondering why. Is there anyone out there working on a possible means by which the underlying principles of all religions may be reconciled with contemporary scientific thinking (from any discipline)?

Those interested might check out the July/August 2001 edition of Sekptical Inquirer.

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Of all the "borderland" areas involving science, the interface between science and religion remains one of the most intriguing and troubling. Scientists, scholars, and laymen continue to ponder the personal and public issues revolving around science and religion. Nearly everyone somehow strives to come to terms both intellectually and emotionally with the array of rich issues involving personal belief on the one hand and commitment to science and reason on the other. Everyone resolves these issues and conflicts in a different way. The spectrum is broad. The issues complex.

It was a continuation of an earlier issue, Science and Religion: Conflict or Conciliation, July/August 1999.

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This special, expanded issue of the Skeptical Inquirer presents ten invited original articles, three book excerpts and one journal article excerpt, three book reviews (plus three "mini-reviews"), two columns, and several miscellaneous short features on a single broad topic: "Science and Religion: Conflict or Conciliation?" It is the first single-subject issue we have ever published.

Also, one comment from a later issue is on the Web: Are Science and Religion Compatible?

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In conclusion, let me say that we are living through a period of exacerbated religiosity in the United States. There seems to be a new spiritual paradigm emerging, contesting both scientific and methodological naturalism. The United States is an anomaly in this regard, especially in contrast with the decline of religious belief in Europe. Recent scientific polls of belief in European countries-France, Germany, England, and others, even Japan-indicate that the level of belief in a theistic being and the institutionalized practice of organized religion have declined considerably; yet these highly secular societies exemplify good moral behavior, and are far less violent than the United States. The view that without religion you cannot have a meaningful life or high motivation is thus thrown into question. We should not take the current religious bias regnant in America today as necessarily universal for all cultures.