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Religion and Science are Always in Agreement

Referring to this development, British researchers, Michael Baigent,
Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln, make this comment:
For Isaac Newton, a century and a half before Darwin, science was
not separate from religion but, on the contrary, an aspect of religion,
and ultimately subservient to it. …But the science of Darwin's time
became precisely that, divorcing itself from the context in which it had
previously existed and establishing itself as a rival absolute, an
alternative repository of meaning. As a result, religion and science were
no longer working in concert, but rather stood opposed to each other,
and humanity was increasingly forced to choose between them. 47
Today, however, this contrived conflict between religion and science is
found to be contrary to the very findings of science. Religion declares that
the universe was created from nothingness, and science has
found proofs of that fact. Religion teaches us that
living things are created by God, and science has
provided us with evidence of this in the design
discovered in living things. In his book,
Nature's Destiny, Michael Denton wrote:
"Science, which has been for centuries the
great ally of atheism and skepticism, has
become at last, in these final days of the second
millennium, what Newton and many of its early
advocates had so fervently wished – the
'defender of the anthropocentric faith.'" 48
Michael Denton
This conclusion attained by science has
helped a growing number of scientists to come
to a strong belief in God. Noted biochemist Michael Behe refers to this fact
when he says, "Incidentally, scientists who believe in God or a reality
beyond nature are much more common than popular media stories lead
one to believe. There is no reason to think that the figure of 90 percent of
the general population that believes in God is much different for
scientists." 49
Confronted by the conclusion established by science, all that the
materialists can do is set certain pressure tactics into action, and seek to
intimidate the rest of the scientific community. In the West, a scientist has

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