Jun 8, 2011
Can Science and Religion Coexist?
George Church, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, answers that question for Big Think.
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Science is a religion based on faith (trust) in the scientific method and is slowly fusing with and assimilating almost all traditional religions. Not only does science meet the primary definitions of religion in many dictionaries it also fills the same functional role of religion. Science and traditional religions share the same genetic base that was created by natural selection. This religion of science can be found almost everywhere and is currently practiced tacitly by a large segment of the global population. There is no need for a formal organized structure or formal name. It is important to see that science is just an evolution of religious thought and all religious systems have their own unique strengths and weaknesses.