Compatible

• Who believes that science and religion are compatible?

  Polkinghorne, he believes they have a ‘cousinly relationship’ with eachother
• Polkinghorne says that there is a…?

  ‘gross inadequacy‘ in thinking that science tells us everything we need to know
• why does Polkinghorne believe that science can not ‘replace’ religion?

  because we need them both, they are different but equally valid ways of understanding reality, they complement each other
• Polkinghorne believes that God works within the universe BUT…?

  is not always detectable by humans, as he influences the world at the quantum level
• what are both Christianity and science?

  empirical, as they both seek to make sense of the universe
• Christian claims can be…?

  examined like science can e.g. the bible gives evidence for claims about Jesus that can be rationally assessed like scientific theories
• if this is the only universe, then what is Polkinghorne right in saying?

  the fine-tuning of the cosmological constants and the fact that we find the world to be intelligible, would be overwhelming evidence in favour of the existence of God, and of God’s intention to create the universe that we experience
• what is Polkinghorne‘s main premise?

  that the world is intelligible (we can understand it by science), when it might easily not have been so = obvious religious implications (for Polkinghorne)
• who does not believe science and religion are compatible?

  Dawkins
• what does Dawkins believe?

  science replaces religion as our source of understanding about the world, belief in God is a delusion
• what is a quote from Dawkins that shows his belief that religion must be abandoned/outgrown?

  ‘I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world’
• what is a quote from Dawkins that supports his belief that science replaces religion as our source of knowledge?

  ‘faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence‘