Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Will science trump religion, answer how we should live?

Will science trump religion, answer how we should live? - Faith & Reason: When Elaine Howard Ecklund surveyed 1,700 scientists and interviewed 275 of them for her new book on Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think, she found nearly 50% are religious, identifying with one of the world's major traditions. Among the remainder, 20% still consider themselves spiritual, and many atheists and agnostics still go to church -- for their spouse, their kids or the community of friends. More importantly, they still bring religious ideas of ethics to the table when they look at issues such as research ethics. But hush, it's a secret, Ecklund says.

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