Religion and science don’t negate — they simply answer various questions
It has been a long time since C.P. Snow conveyed his searing Rede Lecture, "The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution." Snow lamented the way that researchers and humanists had little knowledge or appreciation for each other's disciplines.
Numerous years after the fact, one of us went to a social event of STEM professors and self-described faculty of confidence, some from the humanities and some from different disciplines. The discourse was not any more productive than the ones Snow depicted going to decades sooner.
Close to the part of the arrangement, one of the members, a devout Christian, put his finger on the center issue.
"The problem is that those of us who have an abiding religious faith also believe in science," this member said. "We recognize that you present an obj...