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> [There are many people who do view scientific research as alienating from religion and from God, and when so many people do, there must be some reason for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/there-are-many-people-who-do-view-scientific-research-as-alienating/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

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## More by George Coyne

> [Science is and should be seen as "completely neutral" on the issue of the theistic or atheistic implications of scientific results.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/science-is-and-should-be-seen-as-completely-neutral-on-the-issue-of/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [I have never come to know God, to see God, to believe in God through doing science. He's not the conclusion of some sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/i-have-never-come-to-know-god-to-see-god-to-believe-in-god-through/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [Being a scientist helps to support both my life as a Jesuit and my belief in God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/being-a-scientist-helps-to-support-both-my-life-as-a-jesuit-and-my/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [Because God is reflected in the world in which me made, in some sense, my scientific investigation has always supported my belief in God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/because-god-is-reflected-in-the-world-in-which-me-made-in-some-sense/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [People tend not to disassociate the technological issues from pure scientific research, so that science sometimes gets a bad name for things that science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/people-tend-not-to-disassociate-the-technological-issues-from-pure/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [My answer to someone who is in contrast with me - by not seeing God in the scientific data - is that you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/my-answer-to-someone-who-is-in-contrast-with-me-by-not-seeing-god-in/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [Neither of us can come to either a knowledge of God, or a denial of God by our scientific research.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/neither-of-us-can-come-to-either-a-knowledge-of-god-or-a-denial-of/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [If I have a fundamental belief that the universe is created by God, then I also come to the belief that that universe reflects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/if-i-have-a-fundamental-belief-that-the-universe-is-created-by-god/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/scientists-in-general-tend-to-have-what-i-would-call-a-bit-of-hubris/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [In a very real sense my science does inform my knowledge of God. If you would allow me to say that we never know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/in-a-very-real-sense-my-science-does-inform-my-knowledge-of-god-if/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [I can't see for the life of me how an attempt to understand the universe, which I believe comes from God, can alienate us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/i-can-t-see-for-the-life-of-me-how-an-attempt-to-understand-the/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [I hope I'm not giving the impression of an ivory tower science, but for me science is an attempt to understand, it's an attempt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/i-hope-i-m-not-giving-the-impression-of-an-ivory-tower-science-but/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [I think today the church faces a very real challenge in not repeating the errors of the past, in sort of a stand off,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/i-think-today-the-church-faces-a-very-real-challenge-in-not-repeating/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [The technological overflow from scientific research has brought scientific research this bad name about carrying an irresponsibility and an alienation from God - because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/the-technological-overflow-from-scientific-research-has-brought/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

> [The knowledge of God, the belief in God, is what I call an a-rational process. It's not rational - it doesn't proceed by scientific…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-coyne/the-knowledge-of-god-the-belief-in-god-is-what-i-call-an-a-rational/)

[George Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-coyne/)

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