We live in an age when
all manner of scientific knowledge — from climate change to vaccinations — faces furious opposition.
Not exact matches
Let them blend new sciences and theories and the understanding
of the most recent discoveries with Christian morality and the teaching
of Christian doctrine, so that their religious culture and morality may keep pace with
scientific knowledge and with the constantly progressing technology... Thus they will be able to interpret and evaluate all things in a truly Christian spirit,... and priests will be able to present to our contemporaries the doctrine
of the Church concerning God, man and the world, in a
manner more adapted to them so that they may receive it more willingly.»
«Consequently, methodical research in all branches
of knowledge, provided it is carried out in a truly
scientific manner and does not override moral laws, can never conflict with the faith, because the things
of the world and the things
of faith derive from the same God.
You've made some damning accusations, not just
of several scientists, but
of the entire
manner in which modern western civilization pursues
scientific knowledge.
When members
of the public respond in a skeptical
manner to a promoted narrative, be this religious or political or
scientific in origin, their response is not typically shaped by
knowledge of philosophical skeptics such as Socrates or Pyrrho or Descartes or Hume.
It reminds us that bringing
scientific knowledge to the public, far from natural or straightforward, is an exercise demanding all
manners of contortions.