http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25587/believers-gene-will-spread-religion-says-academic http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25587/believers-gene-will-spread-religion-says-academic#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:50:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25587 said studies showed that more religious people tended to have more children.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25587/believers-gene-will-spread-religion-says-academic/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23590/maybe-religion-is-the-answer-claims-atheist-scientist http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23590/maybe-religion-is-the-answer-claims-atheist-scientist#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:38:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23590 Lord May, the president of the British Science Association, said religion may have helped protect human society from itself in the past and it may be needed again.

Speaking on the eve of the association’s annual conference, the committed atheist said he was worried the world was on a “calamitous trajectory” brought on by its failure to co-ordinate measures against global warming.

He said that no country was prepared to take the lead and a “punisher” was needed to make sure the rules of co-operation were not broken.

The former Government chief scientific advisor said in the past that was God and it might be time again for religion to fill the gap. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23590/maybe-religion-is-the-answer-claims-atheist-scientist/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23436/science-and-religion http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23436/science-and-religion#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 17:04:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23436 The revelation that everything in the Bible may not have happened exactly as written can be startling. And when the discovery comes along with scientific evidence of evolution and the actual age of planet Earth, it can prompt a full-blown spiritual crisis.

That's where Francis Collins would like to step in. A renowned geneticist and former director of the Human Genome Project, Collins is also an evangelical Christian, and he has spent years establishing the compatibility between science and religious belief. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23436/science-and-religion/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22406/catholic-church-to-hold-debate-on-god-and-evolution http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22406/catholic-church-to-hold-debate-on-god-and-evolution#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:03:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22406 The day after the Church of England issued an “apology” for having “misunderstood” the work of Charles Darwin, the Vatican has announced that it will organise a debate on the thorny question of Christian belief and the theory of evolution.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22406/catholic-church-to-hold-debate-on-god-and-evolution/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22403/michael-reiss-creationism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22403/michael-reiss-creationism#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:53:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22403 Michael Reiss, a biologist and ordained Church of England clergyman, agreed to step down from his position with the national academy of science after its officers decided that his comments had damaged its reputation.

His resignation comes after a campaign by senior Royal Society Fellows who were angered by Professor Reiss’s suggestion that science teachers should treat creationist beliefs “not as a misconception but as a world view”.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22403/michael-reiss-creationism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22328/creationism-michael-reiss http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22328/creationism-michael-reiss#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:33:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22328 Professor Michael Reiss, director of education for the Royal Society, said banning creationism from the classroom could backfire at a time of growing religious fundamentalism.

Professor Reiss, a Church of England minister and former biology teacher, said he strongly believed in teaching the theory of evolution to children.

But rather than dismiss creationism as wrong or stupid, teachers should be prepared to discuss it as another 'worldview'.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22328/creationism-michael-reiss/feed 0