>As you can imagine, I've grown a little weary of the anti-religious sentiment
>that *seems* so prevalent in psychology.  I don't mean to be rude, and I
>certainly believe others have the right to profess or not profess whatever
>they
>want about God and religion.

Are you sure that your reaction is not to sentiment contrary to _your_
religious beliefs, not to religion per se?

>As best as I can summarize (I haven't read all but I think I got the gist...)
>
>He makes the cogent argument that since so many teachings and beliefs of
>religion are not testable (yes, I know, many of you have argued this before!)
>that religion is only going to lose when it plays in science's ballpark.
>
>Just as science cannot teach much about morality, religion cannot teach
>much about science.  It doesn't mean they can't have some partnership, but
>not much of one.
>Jim Guinee, Ph.D.

Sounds like Steve Gould's complementary magisteria concept.
(Rock of Ages vs Age of Rocks).

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