Vatican’s astronomer on astronomy and religious belief

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Relationship of science and religion is one of my interests and I think it is a very promising area of study and research. This blog post by Dr Guy Consolmagno SJ, Vatican’s Astronomer, is an interesting meditation not only on this relationship but also on a lot more, including how an MIT graduate in astronomy who worked for Peace Corps ended up becoming a Jesuit and Vatican’s astronomer. One of the interesting questions he asks is:

Science is not a big book of facts. Science is not about ‘proving’ anything. Science describes, but the descriptions are incomplete; we keep hoping that they get better. For that very reason you cannot use science to prove the existence of God (or no-God). But can science encourage us in our belief?

Read the post to find out!

Edgar is studying for a Bachelor of Divinity with the University of London International Programmes, with academic direction from Heythrop College.

3 Responses to Vatican’s astronomer on astronomy and religious belief

  1. wow says:

    Don’t follow religions for career. There is nothing. 🙂

  2. Daryoes says:

    That is the blind spot of this secular world but if they give the chance to explore this truth.It will set them free from darkness,

  3. Bee says:

    Is there a God’s name?

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