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Originally Posted by willravel
Faith and reason are in turmoil. Those doctors and scientists and researchers have to ignore that they work within two opposing systems of reality. Again, that must lead to difficulties, whether it be denial, disassociation, or what have you.
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No, I disagree. I spent my undergraduate career at a thoroughly evangelical university and the entire science faculty were evolutionist Christians. Not to mention they were damn good at what they did... be it physics, chemistry, or otherwise. Their faith and reason went hand-in-hand, and they saw no reason to divide the two in their own minds.
These people spent a number of years at mostly secular institutions earning their PhDs in hard sciences... and came out just as Christian as they were when they began, if not more so (which is the part that surprises me, personally). For them, the science they practiced only confirmed the fact that God was in charge of everything. If they had any internal conflict about the issue, they discussed the issue with their students and were very honest about it. But they were all still committed to their faith, and their science. The two are by no means mutually exclusive.
Let me just say that after I graduated and went on to a secular public university to pursue my PhD, I never found any faculty or staff that I enjoyed working with more than I did with those undergraduate professors. They knew their shit and they were damn fine people, regardless of their beliefs. Or maybe because of them. Who am I to say?