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25 Nov 06
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In fact, in recent years, thanks to the ambitions of two influential new scientific disciplines, the attack from the science side seems to have taken a somewhat more insistent turn. And this time, the target is nothing less than our humanity itself.
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Although the call of the spirit saved me from a life in the laboratory, however, my sympathies for science haven't gone away. One result of this split personality is that whenever I'm confronted with the battle between science and religion, I always find it hard to take sides and end up in a sort of internal battle of my own. Whether it's the ethical debate surrounding biotechnology or the argument over the anthropic principle* in cosmology, it's as if I have a red-horned skeptic on one shoulder and a white-winged believer on the other, and it's hard to know who to listen to.
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It probably goes back to my childhood. Raised by theologically ambivalent parents who were as committed to their agnosticism as many are to their faith, I was taught early on that science, reason, and rationality are a far better guide to truth than inspiration, doctrine, or dogma. But as years passed, and my inbred agnosticism gradually gave way to a committed spiritual quest, I soon began to have experiences of a deeper reality, far beyond anything described in my science textbooks. In the face of this unfolding world of meaning, purpose, and mystery, the notion that science held the keys to ultimate truth began to seem increasingly hard to accept.
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