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Many physicists are militant atheistic materialists who strongly believe physics debunks religion. However, the Templeton Foundation has been funding projects which tries to shed light on religion and theology. Can certain areas in physics, like quantum foundations and cosmology contribute to the development of theology?

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Biology can - it's all due to brain parasites plosone.org/article/… – Martin Beckett Nov 7 '11 at 17:40
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I believe this is a serious question, and it can be answered relatively objectively. – Ron Maimon Nov 7 '11 at 17:49
The serious issue is what constitutes religion. The notion has been used for various claims, some of which are idiotic--- like the notion that the dinosaurs died in a big flood. In modern times, the notion of religion is basically the statement of convergence of ethical standards over time, and physics has little to say about this. But there are unsupported claims for quantum mechanics having spiritual content, based on the weirdness of the link between the computational world of software, which is what spirit means, and the quantum mechanical world of superposition. – Ron Maimon Nov 7 '11 at 17:53
QM is weird and unexplained, Religion is weird and unexplained therefore QM explains Religion ( or Religion explains QM)? Trouble is the same reasoning applies to unicorns and dragons – Martin Beckett Nov 7 '11 at 18:03
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There are multiple reasons this question is inappropriate for this site: not only does it have the potential to become argumentative, but it's also unacceptably vague and as written it is more about theology than science. – David Zaslavsky♦ Nov 7 '11 at 18:07
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closed as not constructive by David Zaslavsky♦ Nov 7 '11 at 17:48

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