Religion is still parasitic in the interstices of our knowledge which have not yet been filled. Like bed-bugs in the cracks of walls and furniture, miracles lurk in the lacunae of science. The scientist plasters up these cracks in our knowledge; the more militant Rationalist swats the bugs in the open. Both have their proper sphere and they should realize that they are allies.
John B. S. HaldaneI think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear.
John B. S. HaldaneTeleology is like a mistress to a biologist: he cannot live without her but he's unwilling to be seen with her in public.
John B. S. HaldaneChristianity is haunted by the theory of a God with a craving for bloody sacrifices.
John B. S. HaldaneI am quite sure that our views on evolution would be very different had biologists studied genetics and natural selection before and not after most of them were convinced that evolution had occurred.
John B. S. Haldane