The technological overflow from scientific research has brought scientific research this bad name about carrying an irresponsibility and an alienation from God - because scientific research has led to things like the atom bomb, it's led to problems with depletion of ozone in the Earth's atmosphere, or at least it's revealed those problems.

There are many people who do view scientific research as alienating from religion and from God, and when so many people do, there must be some reason for it.

The whole dimension of religious belief requires transcendence, it requires going beyond what you can establish rationally.

Because God is reflected in the world in which me made, in some sense, my scientific investigation has always supported my belief in God in a very real sense. It helps me to pray better.

Christianity has always had sort of an ability to absorb the developments in science. But, it's always done it very slowly.

Being a scientist helps to support both my life as a Jesuit and my belief in God.

Doing science is not inherently incompatible with religious faith.