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...Dawkins and Christian geneticist Francis Collins was gripping [Nov. 13]. Regarding the idea of a supernatural cause of the universe, Dawkins said, "If there is a God, it's going to be a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more incomprehensible than anything that any theologian of any religion has ever proposed." What qualifies Dawkins to decide these matters? For someone who gets so exercised about the impossibility of God's existence, Dawkins seems to have a fairly clear conception of what God must be like...
...laugh at the God-vs.-science debate conducted between Dawkins and Collins, because ironically, they both agree. There is a God, and it is science. In an age of ever intensifying absolutisms from the worlds of science, religion, politics and culture, perhaps the time has come to examine what might be learned from each of these areas of inquiry. Perhaps it's time to consider how each position we hold adds value to our lives and not how to convince others of the foolishness of people who hold positions other than...
David M. Silvestri ’07 is a comparative study of religion concentrator in Cabot House...
...Words: Benedict spoke out strongly - and repeatedly - for religious freedom throughout the trip. The explicit softness in his approach to Islam allowed him to make an implicit plea for allowing religious minorities in Muslim countries - and everywhere - to freely practice their religion. On his first day, the Pope told diplomats in Ankara that religions must "not seek to exercise direct political power." On Thursday, he and Bartholomew I, Patriarch of Constantinople, leader of the tiny Orthodox community in Turkey, delivered a joint statement that insisted that religious "minorities must be protected, with their cultural traditions and the distinguishing features...
...Tally: Benedict is intent on making freedom of religion a hallmark issue of his papacy. While he sees threats to this liberty in China and in an increasingly secularized Europe, it may also end up being a pointed - if somewhat safer - way of confronting fundamental problems he sees in Islam...