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Genesis & The Big Bang: Are They Compatible? (#264)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

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The Torah and Science Are Not Overlapping Magisteria

There are two different philosophies. One is to say the Torah and science are what Stephen J. Gould, the late great atheist but Jewish historian of science at Harvard said, were non-overlapping magisteria. That is in direct opposition to Schrodinger and others who attempt to reconcile one-to-one correspondence between statements on Genesis and statements in science. I do not believe for myself that that is the purpose; if you try to wedge something in too closely, it could be like saying the earth is spherical. When in reality, better that we know science will know that that's not true. And there are many statements that are troubling if you think of the Torah as a

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