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Religion, science need each other, Indian archbishop tells conference
23-08-2009
PUNE, India (CNS) -- Science and religion are allies and partners, not competitors, and true science opens an exciting path to God, an Indian archbishop told a national conference.
"Science that studies the universe is an exciting path to God," Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati told a national gathering on "Christian Faith in a World of Science and Technology: Challenges and Opportunities," reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency.
The Salesian prelate is also chairman of the Commission for Education and Culture under the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India.
The Aug. 18-20 meeting was organized by the bishops' Committee for Science, Religion and Society in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science and Religion.
Archbishop Menamparampil described the universe as a book of theology, a spiritual treatise.
"Today, not just theologians and mystics but also scientists speak of mysteries," he said.
Mystery has been the underlying principle of religion, art and science as they look into deeper realities, he said.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20090821.htm
