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Are religion and science always at odds? Here are three scientists that don't think so


Source: ABC News, by Anna Salleh

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Some argue that being religious is incompatible with being a scientist — but do they realize the father of the Big Bang theory was actually a Catholic priest, the pioneer of modern genetics was an Augustinian monk, or the decoder of the human genome converted from atheism to Christianity in his 20s?

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Dr. Jennifer Wiseman: A Christian astrophysicist.

"When I talk to people I find that most people really realise that there are deeper questions of life that science can't fully address, and they don't really see why there should be any conflict."

Dr. Andrew Harman: A Buddhist immunologist

"The Buddha was very clear that you follow a system of practice and only when you've experienced those things for yourself is your faith then justified — because it's a faith that is based on experience."

Fahad Ali: A Muslim geneticist

"I think it's a testament to God more than anything — that we can bring about all life on earth from a single origin."

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Read it all at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-05-24/three-scientists-talk-about-how-their-faith-fits-with-their-work/9543772


Over 50 per cent of US scientists surveyed in 2009 said they believed in a deity or higher power.