Scientist and public perceptions This thesis is still held to be true in whole or in part by some scientists including the theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who said "There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, [and] science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works." Others, such as Steven Weinberg, grant that it is possible for science and religion to be compatible since some prominent scientists are also religious, but he sees some significant tensions that potentially weaken religious beliefs overall. Acceptance of scientific facts and religiosity Religiosity is associated with a lesser acceptance of some scientific facts. For example, evolution is often seen as a "point of friction" between science and URL According to a 2020 Pew Research poll, acceptance of the fact of evolution is strongly linked with religious affiliation: a significantly smaller percentage of Muslims and Christians accept it, in comparison with atheists and URL 32\% of the religious respondents say that their religious beliefs sometimes or often conflict with URL Some religious communities have tried to ban the teaching of evolution. In 1925, the Tennessee Legislature approved legislation making it a crime to teach “any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the URL The legislation resulted in the infamous Scopes URL
Scientists and public perceptions This thesis is still held to be true in whole or in part by some scientists including the theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who said "There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, [and] science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works." Others, such as Steven Weinberg, grant that it is possible for science and religion to be compatible since some prominent scientists are also religious, but he sees some significant tensions that potentially weaken religious beliefs overall. Some scientific topics like evolution are often seen as a "point of friction" even though there is widespread acceptance of evolution across all 20 countries with diverse religious backgrounds in one study. Age, rather than religion, correlates better on attitudes on relating to biotechnology.
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between science and URL According to a 2020 Pew Research poll, acceptance of the fact of evolution is strongly linked with religious affiliation: a significantly smaller percentage of Muslims and Christians accept it, in comparison with atheists and URL 32\% of the religious respondents say that their religious beliefs sometimes or often conflict with URL
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Some religious communities have tried to ban the teaching of evolution. In 1925, the Tennessee Legislature approved legislation making it a crime to teach “any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the URL The legislation resulted in the infamous Scopes URL
even though there is widespread acceptance of evolution across all 20 countries with diverse religious backgrounds in one study. Age, rather than religion, correlates better on attitudes on relating to biotechnology.