Who keeps science and religion separate?
by Christian Y. Cardall on July 19th, 2006In comments here and here, Mark Butler decries the notion David Bailey formulates as “Render unto science the things which belong to science; and unto God the things which belong to God.” Mark rails against science as being “determined to rule out the world of the spirit as an article of faith,” and criticizes BYU for failing to blend science and religion sufficiently. I have my own discomforts with overly strong forms of the notion of ‘non-overlapping magisteria,’ as my critiques of Bailey make plain; but here I leave those aside and contest Mark’s criticisms of science generally and science at BYU in particular. (more »)