Ellis: "This week there was a brilliant example of this with the Pope deciding that there was no such place as Limbo."
Yes, interesting. I've read in several sources that science and religion appear to be on convergent courses. I think this is misleading. Whilst religious belief is updated by science (eventually), science doesn't appear to be influenced by religion (in terms of belief).
Religious belief needs to be rational. It needs to acknowledge the scientific 'truths'. As it does so, it will become more universally acceptable. Ultimately, the divide must be that science deals exclusively with objective evidence/proof, whereas religious experience is a subjective reality. So, never the twain shall meet - but that doesn't mean that science and religious belief are mutually exclusive. They are no more so than the ability to compute and the ability to feel compassion.
OK, that's not evidence for God, either. Never mind.
