Faith Quotes by George Coyne

8 Faith quotes by George Coyne

George Coyne’s eight brief reflections on faith give a quick sense of his scientific yet spiritual perspective. Though modest, the set hints at his thoughtful integration of faith and reason.

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Being a scientist helps to support both my life as a Jesuit and my belief in God.

George Coyne

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Because God is reflected in the world in which me made, in some sense, my scientific investigation has always supported my belief…

George Coyne

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If I have a fundamental belief that the universe is created by God, then I also come to the belief that that…

George Coyne

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The knowledge of God, the belief in God, is what I call an a-rational process. It's not rational - it doesn't proceed…

George Coyne

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God gave me the gift of faith. I don't mean that in any miraculous sense, I mean through the parents who educated…

George Coyne

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Nothing we learn about the universe threatens our faith. It only enriches it.

George Coyne

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The whole dimension of religious belief requires transcendence, it requires going beyond what you can establish rationally.

George Coyne

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Doing science is not inherently incompatible with religious faith.

George Coyne

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Science is and should be seen as "completely neutral" on the issue of the theistic or atheistic implications of scientific results.

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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…

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Being a scientist helps to support both my life as a Jesuit and my belief in God.

George Coyne

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Because God is reflected in the world in which me made, in some sense, my scientific investigation has always supported my belief in God…

George Coyne

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People tend not to disassociate the technological issues from pure scientific research, so that science sometimes gets a bad name for things that science…

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My answer to someone who is in contrast with me - by not seeing God in the scientific data - is that you don't…

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Neither of us can come to either a knowledge of God, or a denial of God by our scientific research.

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If I have a fundamental belief that the universe is created by God, then I also come to the belief that that universe reflects…

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Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some…

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In a very real sense my science does inform my knowledge of God. If you would allow me to say that we never know…

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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…

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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…

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I think today the church faces a very real challenge in not repeating the errors of the past, in sort of a stand off,…

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The technological overflow from scientific research has brought scientific research this bad name about carrying an irresponsibility and an alienation from God - because…

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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…

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