# Are Religious Scientists Being Inconsistent?

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/are-religious-scientists-being-inconsistent/6701>\
**Category:** Conversation\
**Tags:** Science, Theology\
**Created:** [June 20, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/are-religious-scientists-being-inconsistent/6701 "2019-06-20T02:29:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Harshman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/john_harshman/32/1121_2.png) [@John\_Harshman](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/John_Harshman)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/are-religious-scientists-being-inconsistent/6701/48 "2019-06-25T13:35:35Z")

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> [@Jordan](#):
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> I hope not, otherwise all the great scientists throughout history and today who happen to be Christians are in quite a pickle.

No problem: compartmentalization. Render unto Newton the things that are Newton’s.

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> I think science certainly has its own versions of revelation and faith, maybe that’s a starting point for compatibility.

You can say that only by radically changing the meanings of those words from those used in religion, and I object to that.

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> there are also similarities which I think help keep each other in check and help support each other

Go on. What do you mean?

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> So I feel at least, that science is great, but it’s even better from a Christian perspective.

OK, but how? Why?

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> I suppose for Christian faith the existence of God, his sovereignty and power, and his desire to reveal himself to humanity would maybe be examples.

Of axioms? They don’t seem necessary and unnecessary axioms are the sort of thing one should avoid. These “axioms” seem like something one could test empirically, and thus shouldn’t be axioms but hypotheses.

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