{"id":2473,"date":"2008-01-04T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2008\/01\/04\/nas-religion-and-science-are-c\/"},"modified":"2008-01-04T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-04T16:00:00","slug":"nas-religion-and-science-are-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/04\/nas-religion-and-science-are-c\/","title":{"rendered":"NAS: Religion and Science are Compatible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Academy of Sciences has issued the third version of its book &#8220;Science, Evolution and Creationism,&#8221; in which it makes an effort to reconcile belief in god with acceptance of evolution.<!--more-->The book, available to purchace from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nap.edu\/catalog.php?record_id=11876\">National Academies Press,<\/a> in very short form in <a href=\"http:\/\/books.nap.edu\/html\/11876\/SECbrochure.pdf\">this brochure<\/a> from the NAS, or free in its entirety as a PDF file (if you sign in to the web site), makes the following points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Theory of Evolution Has Been Repeatedly Tested and Confirmed<\/li>\n<li>Creationism Does Not Belong in the Science Classroom<\/li>\n<li>Science and Religion Offer Different Ways of Understanding the World<\/li>\n<p>From a NAS press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Despite the overwhelming evidence supporting evolution, opponents have repeatedly tried to introduce nonscientific views into public school science classes through the teaching of various forms of creationism or intelligent design.  In 2005, a federal judge in Dover, Pennsylvania, concluded that the teaching of intelligent design is unconstitutional because it is based on religious conviction, not science (Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District).  NAS and IOM strongly maintain that only scientifically based explanations and evidence for the diversity of life should be included in public school science courses.  &#8220;Teaching creationist ideas in science class confuses students about what constitutes science and what does not,&#8221; the committee stated.&#8221;As SCIENCE, EVOLUTION, AND CREATIONISM makes clear, the evidence for evolution can be fully compatible with religious faith.  Science and religion are different ways of understanding the world.  Needlessly placing them in opposition reduces the potential of each to contribute to a better future,&#8221; the book says.SCIENCE, EVOLUTION, AND CREATIONISM is the third edition of a publication first issued in 1984 and updated in 1999.  The current book was published jointly by the National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine, and written by a committee chaired by Francisco Ayala, Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences, department of ecology and evolutionary biology, University of California, Irvine, and author of several books on science and religion.  A committee roster follows.<a href=\"http:\/\/www8.nationalacademies.org\/onpinews\/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=11876\">[source]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There is coverage of the book here at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/01\/04\/us\/04evolve.html?_r=1&#038;oref=slogin\">NYT.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Academy of Sciences has issued the third version of its book &#8220;Science, Evolution and Creationism,&#8221; in which it makes an effort to reconcile belief in god with acceptance of evolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[55],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-DT","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}