Journalists take their lead from science-and-religion
Written by ry on April 7th, 2005One of the main teachings of Baha’u'llah is the agreement of science and religion. As Abdu’l-Baha said in Promulgation of Universal Peace:
Any religious belief which is not conformable with scientific proof and investigation is superstition, for true science is reason and reality, and religion is essentially reality and pure reason; therefore, the two must correspond. Religious teaching which is at variance with science and reason is human invention and imagination unworthy of acceptance, for the antithesis and opposite of knowledge is superstition born of the ignorance of man. If we say religion is opposed to science, we lack knowledge of either true science or true religion, for both are founded upon the premises and conclusions of reason, and both must bear its test.
So this is quite interesting. It seems that the University of Cambridge is going to be offering “Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellowships in Science and Religion”, a program to train journalists to better understand the relationship between Science and Religion.
Journos from The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, National Public Radio, ABC News and others will be taking part in the 8 week program
For those of us who came into the Baha'i Faith through the ever popular 
