It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Treating faith and reason as enemies forces a choice where one must lose, which is unnecessary.
- In plain terms
- Faith and reason do not have to fight each other.
- What can you take from it?
- Avoid framing faith and reason as opposites.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can faith and reason coexist?
- Where does the conflict come from?
Another view
Some traditions do frame faith and reason as mutually exclusive.
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