Source: Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science (2005), Chapter 8, “Science and Religion: Scientists Just Do Science” (pp. 136-137; minor grammatical errors corrected silently)
“Living with uncertainty is hard for many people, and is one of the reasons why people prefer religious truths that are presented as absolute.”
Source: Faith vs. Fact (2015), p. 37
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