The Hindu : Call to harmonise science, religion

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Sunday, Jan 11, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh - Visakhapatnam

Call to harmonise science, religion

VISAKHAPATNAM, JAN. 10. Science and religion are not giving credence to each other, averred two scientists from the US-based Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science in their Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Endowment Lectures, organised by Andhra University here on Saturday.

A board member of the institute, V.V. Raman, and its executive director, William Grassie, delivered lectures on "Religion and science in 21st century'' and "Biocultural evolution in 21st century'' respectively.

The Vice-Chancellor, Y.C. Simhadri, presided.

Science and religion were powerful forces in shaping human life and complementary to each other, said Prof. Raman and went on to explain the significance of each.

Science and technology existed from the dawn of human civilisation, with a great contribution coming from India and since the 16th and 17th centuries the world of science had undergone a significant transformation. "It was like music from different instruments ending in a grand symphony,'' he said.

The development in science and technology had also given rise to most dangerous applications and unexpected complications and made the humanity to be guarded about the knowledge of science.

Religions of the world, he said, had emerged from many momentous events in human history. Though they thrived, the religions had also witnessed many atrocities being committed in their name.

He hoped that the wisdom and results of ancient Indian thinking would throw a great light in building bridges between science and religion and the fact of God being One but was called by different names, would be understood and implemented in the 21st century at least.

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