Science and Religion

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Across
  1. 5. -Beliefs supported by reason & evidence(2 WORDS)
  2. 6. - In a famous essay entitled “The Will to Believe,” HE argued that there are occasions in which we are forced to make a decision to believe even if solid evidence is lacking, and that in appropriate circumstances this decision to believe is better than not believing.(2 WORDS)
  3. 7. - It incorporates modern scientific ideas like relativity and evolution.(2 WORDS)
  4. 9. -It accepts their differences but also looks for ways they can work together or help each other understand the world better.(1 WORD)
  5. 10. - What school of thought maintains that religious belief can be rational even without empirical evidence?(2 WORDS)
Down
  1. 1. - The 2nd option of understanding the relationship between science and religion. "To view them as completely separate forms of thought and practice which never come into contact.(1 WORD)
  2. 2. - One way of understanding the relationship between science and religion. "Scriptural Literalists subscribed to the idea of God creating reality, but Scientific Materialists hardly disagree"(1 WORD)
  3. 3. - The belief that knowledge can only be gained through the scientific method and that only the material world exists.(1 word)
  4. 4. - Which philosopher argued that belief in God can be a properly basic belief?(2 WORDS)
  5. 8. - HE believes that religion in all forms, is irrational and dangerous. It relies on blind faith, pushing people beyond reason into irrationality, fueling violence and terrorism.(2 WORDS)