"Modern science developed in the context of western……" — Kenneth R. Miller
"Modern science developed in the context of western religious thought, was nurtured in universities first established for religious reasons, and owes some of its greatest discoveries and advances to scientists who themselves were deeply religious."
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31 Quotes by Kenneth R. Miller
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No other acoustic instrument can match the piano's expressive range, and no electric instrument can match its mystery.
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The piano is able to communicate the subtlest universal truths by means of wood, metal and vibrating air.
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The piano's world encompasses glass-nerved virtuos and stomping barrel-housers in fedoras; it is a world of pasture and storm, of…
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We don't regard any scientific theory as the absolute truth
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There is no controversy within science over the core proposition of evolutionary theory
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The scientific argument advanced for intelligent design at the Dover trial, those arguments collapsed, scientifically and intellectually
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The argument for intelligent design basically depends on saying, 'You haven't answered every question with evolution,'... Well, guess what? Science…
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We believe the ice sheet was not around all the time. It was only around during cool snaps of the…
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Being a Christian, I'm eager to introduce people to Jesus. I just don't think I should do it in the…
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The American creationist movement has entirely bypassed the scientific forum and has concentrated instead on political lobbying and on taking…
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Evolution isn't just a story about where we came from. It's an epic at the center of life itself. Far…
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What evolution tells us is that we are part of a grand, dynamic, and ever-changing fabric of life that covers…
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The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word…
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There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors…
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I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse…
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The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift…
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Modern medicine, for all its advances, knows less than 10 percent of what your body knows instinctively.
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Hail to the chief in triumph advances.
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I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind…
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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country…
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As God's child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord's time is as important as the Lord's will. Do…
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