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Science and Faith

The atheist and the creationist: Can't they just get along?: My friend is considering teaching "young earth" creationism in his school, and I think I'm going to vomit.; By Cary Tennis May 15, 2008
I'm a brilliant scientist and I fear for the world's fate: I wish I could have faith -- at least for my daughter's sake if not for mine.; By Cary Tennis Jan 24, 2008
Seeing the light -- of science: Ronald Numbers -- a former Seventh-day Adventist and author of the definitive history of creationism -- discusses his break with the church, whether creationists are less intelligent and why Galileo wasn't really a martyr.; By Steve Paulson Jan 2, 2007
Buddha on the brain: Ex-monk B. Alan Wallace explains what Buddhism can teach Western scientists, why reincarnation should be taken seriously and what it's like to study meditation with the Dalai Lama.; By Steve Paulson Nov 27, 2006
The flying spaghetti monster: Why are we here on earth? To Richard Dawkins, that's a remarkably stupid question. In a heated interview, the famous biologist insists that religion is evil and God might as well be a children's fantasy.; By Steve Paulson Oct 13, 2006
Divining the brain: Andrew Newberg discusses what happens in our brains during prayer, meditation and mystical visions. Yet understanding the brain, argues the neuroscientist, does not close the book on the nature of religious experience.; By Steve Paulson Sep 20, 2006
The joys of life without God: Skeptics Society founder Michael Shermer explains why Darwin matters, how believing in God is the same as believing in astrology, and why it doesn't take divine faith to experience something bigger than ourselves.; By Kevin Berger Aug 23, 2006
The believer: Francis Collins -- head of the Human Genome Project -- discusses his conversion to evangelical Christianity, why scientists do not need to be atheists, and what C.S. Lewis has to do with it.; By Steve Paulson Aug 7, 2006
The disbeliever: Sam Harris, author of "The End of Faith," on why religious moderates are worse than fundamentalists, 9/11 led us into a deranged holy war, and believers should be treated like alien-abduction kooks.; By Steve Paulson Jul 7, 2006
Going beyond God: Historian and former nun Karen Armstrong says the afterlife is a "red herring," hating religion is a pathology and that many Westerners cling to infantile ideas of God.; By Steve Paulson May 30, 2006
"Religious belief itself is an adaptation": Sociobiology founder Edward O. Wilson explains why we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions, denies that "evolutionism" is a faith, and says that heaven, if it existed, would be hell.; By Steve Paulson Mar 21, 2006
Dissecting God: Philosopher Daniel Dennett argues that America is drowning in religion -- and that faith needs to be analyzed with the tools of science.; By Gordy Slack Feb 8, 2006

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