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Religion has no place in science

Posted on | July 30, 2010 | No Comments

It was brought to my attention that there are scientists who ARE religious, who do believe Jesus has risen from the dead, who do believe they will be rewarded with an eternal heaven when they die., who do believe that “God works in mysterious ways”–and it was brought to my attention that the scientists who DO believe this way are shunned for it, and that admitting their religious beliefs can and has actually hurt their career.

I did some thinking on this, and I need to say, it makes SENSE that it would hurt their scientific careers.  Not because scientists bully or pick on their beliefs, though I’m sure SOME do.. (science is not immune to politics)..  but it makes sense because much of religion goes strictly AGAINST science.

Wouldn’t your career as a geographer be in jeopardy if you believed the earth was flat?  Yes!–because what you study clearly shows that the earth is NOT flat, and you as a flat-earther are not helping in the progress of geography.

So let me just say that if you feel it is unfair that a religious ’scientist’ should get his beliefs criticized and scrutinized in the name of science, then perhaps you really don’t understand what science is.

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