I can't see for the life of me how an attempt to understand the universe, which I believe comes from God, can alienate us from God.

Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some times make claims that are misunderstood by the public.

I don't use scientific data as a foundation for believing in God - I use it as an enrichment of my knowledge of God.

My answer to someone who is in contrast with me - by not seeing God in the scientific data - is that you don't see God in the scientific data because you're not me. I have other experiences than you have, that bring me to look at this data as enriching my experience of God.

I think today the church faces a very real challenge in not repeating the errors of the past, in sort of a stand off, a fear of science.

God gave me the gift of faith. I don't mean that in any miraculous sense, I mean through the parents who educated me, through the brothers and sisters I grew up with, the schools I went to, there was this influence upon me which was the faith, in the concrete. I accepted it, I questioned it, I grew up with it, and in the end, as a mature adult, I continue to accept it.

I can't see for the life of me how an attempt to understand the universe, which I believe comes from God, can alienate us from God.