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The facts of science are real enough, and so are the techniques th

The facts of science are real enough, and so are the techniques that scientists use, and so are the technologies based on them. But the belief system that governs conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith. – Rupert Sheldrake

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Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth. – Rupert Sheldrake

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The idea is that there is a kind of memory in nature. Each kind of thing has a collective memory. So, take a squirrel living in New York now. That squirrel is being influenced by all past squirrels. – Rupert Sheldrake

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For more than 200 years, materialists have promised that science will eventually explain everything in terms of physics and chemistry. Believers are sustained by the faith that scientific discoveries will justify their beliefs. – Rupert Sheldrake

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If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion. – Muhammad Iqbal

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Losing faith in your own singularity is the start of wisdom, I suppose also the first announcement of death. – Peter Conrad

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If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Doubt is not the opposite of faith it is one element of faith. – Paul Tillich

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