The Snail sez (26 Mar 14 - 07:33 AM): invoking Jack Blandiver as a "doctrinaire adherent of 'science'" rather boggles the imagination.

Damn. I thought I bent over backwards to make myself clear. The only "doctrinaire adherent" I have identified is Steve Shaw, although Musket comes close when he comes out of his fog. I don't always agree with Jack Blandiver, but I think he's quite reasonable.

But as for the idea of the conflict between Religion and Science, I don't buy it. If religious believers accept the findings of scientists, where's the conflict? Yeah, I suppose there's a conflict if believers see God as an outside force controlling the process of creation. However, if believers see God within the evolutionary process, where's the conflict? The process is the same, whether one sees God in it or not. My perception is that there is an essence within the evolutionary process and the Laws of Nature that I see as divine, and that is the focus of my religious practice and meditation. If others see it otherwise, that's their perspective; and Joe saw that it was good.

-Joe-