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What does it mean?
Religion fills gaps where human knowledge cannot reach.
In plain terms
Faith begins where science ends.
What can you take from it?
Religion addresses unknowns.

Where it applies

  • existential questions
  • science debates

Putting it to work

  • respecting different domains

Questions to consider

  • Where do you draw lines between faith and science?

Another view

Knowledge expansion can shrink religious scope.

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