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 investigation - but it's not irrational because it doesn't contradict my reasoning process. It goes beyond… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
However the great successes of science - Galileo's telescopic observations, Newton's law of gravity, etc - all of this great success caused people to sort of say, what if we could establish religion on that same successful basis? What if… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
Science is and should be seen as "completely neutral" on the issue of the theistic or atheistic implications of scientific results. — George Coyne Copy Share Image
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… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
Being a scientist helps to support both my life as a Jesuit and my belief in God. — George Coyne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
People tend not to disassociate the technological issues from pure scientific research, so that science sometimes gets a bad name for things that science… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
My answer to someone who is in contrast with me - by not seeing God in the scientific data - is that you don't… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
Neither of us can come to either a knowledge of God, or a denial of God by our scientific research. — George Coyne Copy Share Image
If I have a fundamental belief that the universe is created by God, then I also come to the belief that that universe reflects… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
In a very real sense my science does inform my knowledge of God. If you would allow me to say that we never know… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
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… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
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… — George Coyne Copy Share Image
