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We stand, in a manner of speaking, midway between the unpredictability of atoms and the unpredictability of God.
Progress In Religion (2000)
Our grey technology of machines and computers will not disappear, but green technology will be moving ahead even faster.
Progress In Religion (2000)
To talk about the end of science is just as foolish as to talk about the end of religion. Science and religion are both still close to their beginnings, with no ends in sight.
Progress In Religion (2000)
Religion amplifies the good and evil tendencies of individual souls.
Progress In Religion (2000)
Progress in religion means that, as time goes on, religion more and more takes the side of the victims against the oppressors.
Progress In Religion (2000)
The dominance of grey technology is now coming to an end.
Progress In Religion (2000)
I have five minutes left to give you a message to take home. The message is simple. "God forbid that we should give out a dream of our own imagination for a pattern of the world".
Progress In Religion (2000)
Sharing the food is to me more important than arguing about beliefs. Jesus, according to the gospels, thought so too.
Progress In Religion (2000)
To me, the meaning of progress in religion is simply this, that as we move from the past to the future the good works inspired by religion should more and more prevail over the evil.
Progress In Religion (2000)
I don't say that this personal theology is supported or proved by scientific evidence. I only say that it is consistent with scientific evidence.
Progress In Religion (2000)
I am neither a saint nor a theologian. To me, good works are more important than theology. We all know that religion has been historically, and still is today, a cause of great evil as well as great good in human affairs.
Progress In Religion (2000)
Like all the new technologies that have arisen from scientific knowledge, biotechnology is a tool that can be used either for good or for evil purposes. The role of ethics is to strengthen the good and avoid the evil.
Progress In Religion (2000)
The great question for our time is, how to make sure that the continuing scientific revolution brings benefits to everybody rather than widening the gap between rich and poor. To lift up poor countries, and poor people in rich countries, from poverty, to give them a chance of a decent life, technology is not enough. Technology must be guided and driven by ethics if it is to do more than provide new toys for the rich.
Progress In Religion (2000)