Religious people split into three main groups when faced with science. I shall label them the 'know-nothings', the 'know-alls', and the 'no-contests'.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Dawkins categorizes religious responses to science into ignorance, opposition, and separation.
- In plain terms
- Religious people react to science by ignoring it, rejecting it, or separating it from their faith.
- What can you take from it?
- People manage conflicts between faith and science in different ways.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Which group do you belong to when reading science?
Another view
The classification may oversimplify individual beliefs.
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