Pope John Paul II Quotes

Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider world, a world in which both can flourish.

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.

Religion is an irrational construct.

The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.

Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.

The basis of religion is independent of science. Theology, not religion, is the antithesis to science

In the forefront of science, there is not much difference between religion and science. People harbor beliefs. That's what happens when people believe something religiously.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

I'm interested in the hope we invest in science, and the disappointment we can feel when science flattens, or 'explains,' the larger mysteries of religion.

It was tremendously exciting to discover that science was not destroying religion, as people popularly believe, but that it could cast light on theism and Christianity.

The older I get, the more I realize that religion is not going to be easily marginalized by one of its wannabe successors - science, capitalism, consumerism.

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.

My views as an individual ought not to be confused with my views as a scientist - the minute you try to mingle God and science, you get into trouble. Metaphysics has its place, and science has its place; don't mix the two.

Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.

I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.

I regard religion itself as quite unnecessary for a nation's life; science is far above superstition; and what is religion, Buddhism or Christianity, but superstition, and therefore a possible source of weakness to a nation?

The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith.

The truth is that Christian theology, like every other theology, is not only opposed to the scientific spirit; it is also opposed to all other attempts at rational thinking.

The opposite of faith is not doubt: It is certainty. It is madness. You can tell you have created God in your own image when it turns out that he or she hates all the same people you do.

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language.

I hold that religion and faith are two different things.

The best thing about science is that hard, empirical answers are always there if you look hard enough. The best thing about religion is that the very absence of that certainty is what requires - and gives rise to - deep feelings of faith.

I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.