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Opposition between religion and science

Claim

Indeed whoever labours to penetrate the secrets of reality with a humble and steady mind, even though he is unaware of the fact, is nevertheless being led by the hand of God, who holds all things in existence, and gives them their identity. Consequently, we cannot but deplore certain habits of mind, which are sometimes found too among Christians which do not sufficiently attend to the rightful independence of science and which, from the arguments and controversies they spark, lead many minds to conclude that faith and science are mutually opposed. (Second Vatican Council. Gaudium et Spes, 1965).

In every age the men who want us under their thumb, if they have any sense, will put forward the particular pretension which the hopes and fears of that age render most potent. They ‘cash in.’ It has been magic, it has been Christianity. Now it will certainly be science (C.S. Lewis, 1958)

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Religious apathy
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Scientism
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Opposition
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Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
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Language
English
1A4N
J1346
DOCID
12013460
D7NID
185581
Editing link
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Last update
Apr 18, 2022