Accidents Quote by Freeman Dyson

“As the historian Edward Grant explained, 'It is indisputable that modern science emerged in the seventeenth century in Western Europe and nowhere else'. ...…

— Rodney Stark

Human science cannot discover God. Human science is but the backward undoing of the tapestry web of God's science. It works with its back…

— George MacDonald

The Christian church has a long history of gradually absorbing scientific perspectives and new discoveries. It seems to me that, in fact, that has…

— George Coyne

Once upon a time, science, philosophy, and theology were disciplines largely undifferentiated from one another, and proving the existence of God was a fairly…

— Benjamin Wittes

Back when the natural sciences, philosophy, and theology were one great intellectual hodgepodge, proving the existence of God was a relatively commonplace exercise. To…

— Benjamin Wittes

Not only were science and religion compatible, they were inseparable--th e rise of science was achieved by deeply religious Christian scholars.

— Rodney Stark

Because God is perfect, his handiwork functions in accord with immutable principles. By the full use of our God-given powers of reason and observation,…

— Rodney Stark

Christian theology can fit in science, art, morality, and the sub-Christian religious. The scientific point of view cannot fit any of these things, not…

— C. S. Lewis

Christianity has always had sort of an ability to absorb the developments in science. But, it's always done it very slowly.

— George Coyne

“Science arose in the West—and only in the West—precisely because the Judeo-Christian conception of God encouraged and even demanded this pursuit.”

— Rodney Stark

The God idea is growing more impersonal and nebulous in proportion as the human mind is learning to understand natural phenomena and in the…

— Emma Goldman

“Not only were science and religion compatible, they were inseparable--the rise of science was achieved by deeply religious Christian scholars. ”

— Rodney Stark