![]() ![]() If one conceives of religion and science according to these definitions then a conflict between them appears impossible. In this sense religion is the age-old endeavor of mankind to become clearly and completely conscious of these values and goals and constantly to strengthen and extend their effect. They exist with the same necessity and matter-of-factness as he himself. ![]() Accordingly, a religious person is devout in the sense that he has no doubt of the significance and loftiness of those superpersonal objects and goals which neither require nor are capable of rational foundation. To put it boldly, it is the attempt at the posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization. Science is the century-old endeavor to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thoroughgoing an association as possible. It would not be difficult to come to an agreement as to what we understand by science. But first let me show you how, in that same essay, Einstein proposes what is essentially Steve Gould’s version of NOMA (Non-overlapping Magisteria): But the quote is rarely used in context, and since I’ve just read the essay in which it appears, I’ll show you that context. It’s often used to show both Einstein’s religiosity and his belief in the compatibility-indeed the mutual interdependence-of science and religion. “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” ![]() This is the Einstein quote you often hear from the faithful as well as from accommodationists: ![]()
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