Credentialed does not necessarily equate with a broadened paradigm - an ability to understand our natural, fractal, multi-dimensional diverse environment. In my opinion, science and religion are professionally incompatible in a number of subjects: history, geology, archeology, biology, astronomy, et cetera. The former (science) observes fact whereas the latter (religion) suspends reason and makes a leap of faith, often rejecting fact. I think faith and spirituality have a place in their own right - under philosophy. I don’t believe human constructed myth to be reality, the “word” or law of an omnipotent higher power governing the universe. It’s a story, a creation myth, one of many. An astronomer needs to understand his or her actual environment, which requires the ability to look beyond the parameters inherent in a belief system.
Do you think that science and religion are compatible?
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