Speaking in Glasgow this week, Brother Guy Consolmagno said that scientists should protect against the tendency of religion to slide into superstition. In turn, he said, science needs religion "in order to have a conscience." In the case of creationism, he said, believers have constructed a theory that is not supported by scientific facts.
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I was interested in what Br. Consolmagno had to say, so I looked around and found some related articles. I hadn't ever heard of him before so I also did of looking into his background and past work. I ran into a very interesting transcript of a talk he gave back in '03. You might find it an interesting read:
Astronomy, God, and the Search for Elegance: http://homepage.mac.com/brother_guy/.Public/Astronomy%20God%20Elegance.pdf
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