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Faith By Numbers. When Ratzinger Puts on Galileo’s Robes
From the star of the Magi to the “intelligent structure” that governs the universe: the pope’s reply to the scientists who reject God. A survey among mathematicians reveals that many of them are believers. And some are even theologians
From the star of the Magi to the “intelligent structure” that governs the universe: the pope’s reply to the scientists who reject God. A survey among mathematicians reveals that many of them are believers. And some are even theologians
by Sandro Magister
ROMA, January 9, 2008 – In his homily for the feast of the Epiphany, Benedict XVI returned to a topic very close to his heart, the relationship between faith and science.
As his point of departure, the pope took the star of the Magi, who – he noted – “were in all likelihood astronomers,” as Galileo Galilei was. But he invited his audience to look beyond a simple contemplation of the starry sky. “The stars, the planets, the whole universe,” he said, “are not governed by a blind force, they do not obey the dynamics of matter alone.” Above everything, there is not “a cold and anonymous engine,” but the God whom Dante described in the last verse of the Divine Comedy as “the love that moves the sun and the other stars,” the God who became flesh among men, and gave them life. In the “symphony” of creation, the pope continued, there is a “solo” that gives meaning to everything: and this “solo” is Jesus.
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From the star of the Magi to the “intelligent structure” that governs the universe: the pope’s reply to the scientists who reject God. A survey among mathematicians reveals that many of them are believers. And some are even theologians
From the star of the Magi to the “intelligent structure” that governs the universe: the pope’s reply to the scientists who reject God. A survey among mathematicians reveals that many of them are believers. And some are even theologians
by Sandro Magister
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http://kpm.data.kataweb.it/kpmimages/kpm2/misc/2008/01/07/89802.jpegAs his point of departure, the pope took the star of the Magi, who – he noted – “were in all likelihood astronomers,” as Galileo Galilei was. But he invited his audience to look beyond a simple contemplation of the starry sky. “The stars, the planets, the whole universe,” he said, “are not governed by a blind force, they do not obey the dynamics of matter alone.” Above everything, there is not “a cold and anonymous engine,” but the God whom Dante described in the last verse of the Divine Comedy as “the love that moves the sun and the other stars,” the God who became flesh among men, and gave them life. In the “symphony” of creation, the pope continued, there is a “solo” that gives meaning to everything: and this “solo” is Jesus.
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