I can't see for the life of me how an attempt to understand the universe, which I believe comes from God, can alienate us from God. George Coyne More Quotes by George Coyne More Quotes From George Coyne People tend not to disassociate the technological issues from pure scientific research, so that science sometimes gets a bad name for things that science doesn't deserve having a bad name for. George Coyne issues names people Because God is reflected in the world in which me made, in some sense, my scientific investigation has always supported my belief in God in a very real sense. It helps me to pray better. George Coyne real helping world I don't use scientific data as a foundation for believing in God - I use it as an enrichment of my knowledge of God. George Coyne data use believe Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some times make claims that are misunderstood by the public. George Coyne hubris scientist misunderstood The knowledge of God, the belief in God, is what I call an a-rational process. It's not rational - it doesn't proceed by scientific investigation - but it's not irrational because it doesn't contradict my reasoning process. It goes beyond it. George Coyne knowledge-of-god belief process There are dimensions to me that are not just the thinking person, but the person who is much richer, the person who has other emotional experiences, psychological experiences, these experiences also enrich me. George Coyne dimensions emotional thinking In a very real sense my science does inform my knowledge of God. If you would allow me to say that we never know God, because if I claim that I know God, I know something other than God, because God is not knowable, he is unknowable. So we have to approach it in that sense first, that my knowledge of God is always limited. George Coyne knowledge-of-god real firsts As a religious priest I find it a very enriching experience to do my scientific research. George Coyne enriching-experience research religious
