Gates Of Fire

Biology 100

In response to the article "Scientists Speak Up on Mix of God and Science", by

Cornella Dean of the New York Times, I found that some scientists are more open to Religion than I had originally thought. I enjoyed the opening that had an argument that grasps the attention of the reader. The article was well written and made many valid points, such as the idea that right and wrong is a world wide value, and the fact that Isaac Newton wrote more about religion than nature. I agree with Dr. Millers philosophy on science learning "I just want you to know what it is and how it works". I found it interesting that the polling from 1997 and 1914 were virtually the same, and that a large percent of scientists believe in God.

I also disagreed with as many statements in the article as I liked. The statement from Dr. Weinberg says "the experience of being a scientist make religion seem fairly irrelevant," I find that science still leaves many important questions unanswered. On the other hand, my personal opinion is that God-fearing people should not be so quick to judge science, or so we are taught. I do not believe that people who are without faith are without a moral compass but maybe without a higher purpose. These two realms of theory cannot be considered black and white, I see them more as overlapping in a gray area.

This article also sparked some questions about things that were not addressed. The mention of Isaac Newton made me wonder what the rest of the fathers of science believed? If the ratio of scientist who believe has stayed the same, is that true for all of society? I would like to poise a poll of scientist of who believes in the big bang theory and what they really think happened. Do scientist that do believe feel compelled to prove that God really does exist or are they content with their faith. The writing