Author Margaret Atwood was interviewed in The New York Times about her upcoming novel The Year of the Flood. The author, who wrote The Handmaid's Tale - one of my favorite books, had this to say about science and religion:
Ms. Atwood herself is a “strict agnostic,” she said, meaning that she will not present as knowledge something that is unknown. Still, she said she believes in a love match between science and religion, as long as that religion is not one of the standard ones or “a group of people that demonizes everyone else,” or steeped in dogma.
“I think that kind of reconciliation is coming and also has to come if we are to have any hope for the planet,” Ms. Atwood said in an e-mail message. “Either one by itself is too a) unreal, in the sense of misrepresenting the physical universe, or b) bleak, in the sense of leaving a whole area of human experience unrepresented.”
For more about the book: yearoftheflood.com
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What with regards to a favorite quote or praoclaiming that touches your heart. Whether or otherwise not such an opinion is accurate is an issue of another day. Twenty books full if I casually count (I hope the fire isn't a raging one.
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