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Scientific Theory and ReligionThe World Described by Science and its Spiritual Interpretation\nAuthor(s): Ernest William Barnes\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521730228, 978-0521730228\nSynopsis\nErnest Barnes was invited to Aberdeen as Gifford Lecturer [tel] to deliver lectures under the title of 'Scientific Theory and Religion'. The lectures were originally published in 1933 and sought to bring Christian doctrines together with the possibility of life on other planets. The magnitude of the universe, accompanied with some basic observations on biological development within it, makes speculation about the possibility of intelligent life in distant galaxies reasonable. Barnes believed that the Creation was made precisely for the higher forms of' consciousness. The scope of the background to scientific theory and religious ideas of creation presented here is extensive and covers topics includi'