Statements like these exemplify the essential faith quality of trust, and the personal and particular nature of that trust. It may have a specific association and history with respect to religion, but it strikes me as all wrong for science. Or to put it bluntly and personally, it cracks me up to think I belong to a magisterium. I went into chemistry because it's interesting to me in both its logical and practical aspects, and into teaching and research because they provide the satisfactions of useful work and are often fun. One of the interesting features of this science comes precisely in the limitations of the empirical method.
Most scientists have a strong individualistic streak, and find such a challenge irresistible.
Investing the responsibility for authoritative teaching in rampant individualists is going to be about as successful as herding cats. And I think that's where the integration of faith and science comes in. It's neither an elaborate and pointless trick nor the mixing of an explosive combination. First, I should tell you that the perspective from which I am coming is two-fold. It is from these two points of view that I will be speaking.