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Religion Encourages Science

nature of reality, insofar as it is accessible to human reason. Whenever
this feeling is absent, science degenerates into uninspired
empiricism." 5
In such a case, the sole purpose of a scientist would either be to achieve
fame through a groundbreaking discovery, to be remembered in history,
or to become wealthy. Such aims may easily divert him from his sincerity
and scientific integrity. For instance, in the event that a conclusion he had
reached through scientific research was in contradiction with the
conventional view of the scientific community, he may be forced to keep
it as a secret, so as not to be robbed of his fame, or be vilified, or degraded.
The long-held acceptance of the theory of evolution in the scientific
world is an example of this type of lack of sincerity. Basically, many
scientists, in the face of scientific fact, are aware that the evolutionary
theory is far from being able to explain the origin of life, but they cannot
state it openly, simply out of the fear of encountering a negative reaction.
In that line of thought, British physicist H.S. Lipson makes the following
confession:
We now know a great deal more about living matter than Darwin knew.
We know how nerves work and I regard each nerve as a masterpiece of
electrical engineering. And we have thousands of millions of them in
our body… "Design" is the word that springs to mind, on this subject.
My biologist colleagues do not like it. 6

The word "design" is cast aside in the scientific literature merely
because it is disliked, with many scientists succumbing to such
dogmatism. In addressing the issue, Lipson says:
In fact, evolution became in a sense a scientific religion; almost all
scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to 'bend' their
observations to fit in with it. 7
This undesirable situation is the result of the deception of "ungodly
science" that held sway over the scientific community beginning in the
mid of the 19th century. However, as Einstein stated, "science without
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religion is lame" . The delusion has not only directed the scientific
community towards mistaken goals, but has also created scientists who,
despite recognizing the error, remain indifferent to it.
We will deal with the former matter in detail in the pages ahead.

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