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This position is accepted by many modern [[theist]]s as it allows them to reconcile apparent contradictions. With [[science]] and [[religion]] in non-competitive domains, one is free to hold [[supernatural]] beliefs and still accept scientific explanations of the [[natural world]]. | This position is accepted by many modern [[theist]]s as it allows them to reconcile apparent contradictions. With [[science]] and [[religion]] in non-competitive domains, one is free to hold [[supernatural]] beliefs and still accept scientific explanations of the [[natural world]]. | ||
The US National Academy of Sciences released a statement endorsing this same idea in 1997:<ref> | The US National Academy of Sciences released a statement endorsing this same idea in 1997:<ref>http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309064066&page=R9</ref>: | ||
{{Quote|Scientists, like many others, are touched with awe at the order and complexity of nature. Indeed, many scientists are deeply religious. But science and religion occupy two separate realms of human experience. Demanding that they be combined detracts from the glory of each.}} | {{Quote|Scientists, like many others, are touched with awe at the order and complexity of nature. Indeed, many scientists are deeply religious. But science and religion occupy two separate realms of human experience. Demanding that they be combined detracts from the glory of each.}} | ||