Louisville Process Theology Network

Three Scientists on Religion

Jun 02, 2009

?“Even as science progresses in its reductionist fashion, moving towards deeper, simpler, and more elegant understandings of particles and forces, there still remains a ?‘why?’ at the end as to why the ultimate rules are the way they are. This is where many people will find God, and the fact of having a final answerable ?‘why?’ will not go away, even if the ?‘why?’ gets more and more fundamental as we progress.?” Ted Sargent, nanotechnology scientist and lecturer


?“In the last few years astronomy has come together so that we?’re now able to tell a coherent story of how the universe began. This story does not contradict God but instead enlarges God.?” Joel Primack, astrophysicist


?“The universe is incredibly wondrous, incredibly beautiful, and it fills me with a sense that there is some underlying explanation that we have yet to understand. If someone wants to place the word God on those collections of words, it?’s OK with me.?” Brian Greene, physicist and author



From NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, October, 2004.