<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><BASE
href=http://www.femtopizza.net/ head <>
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY text=black bgColor=white>
<DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT>From the <A
href="http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040104/NEWS/401040404/1039">Ledger
Online</A>: Every March, the winner of the most lucrative award on Earth --
about $1 million -- is announced. The <A
href="http://www.templetonprize.org/">Templeton Prize</A> is given not to
artists or peace activists but to "entrepreneurs" who have contributed to the
dialogue between science and religion, working to "expand human perceptions of
divinity and to help in the acceleration of divine creativity," In 2003, the
prize was given to the Rev. Holmes Rolston, a pioneer in the field of religion
and ecology. <BR>Not everyone admires what the foundation -- and its benefactor
-- are trying to accomplish. <A
href="http://www.templeton.org/sir_john_templeton/index.asp">Sir John
Templeton</A> believes that humans should endeavor through scientific study to
learn more about God. He also advocates what he calls "humility theology," which
disregards doctrine in favor of a complete openness to ideas about God. Some
Templeton Prize winners, such as Freeman Dyson, have proposed concepts long
considered heretical to monotheistic traditions. <BR>The mission of the <A
href="http://www.templeton.org/">John Templeton Foundation</A> is to pursue new
insights at the boundary between theology and science through a rigorous,
open-minded and empirically focused methodology, drawing together talented
representatives from a wide spectrum of fields of expertise. Using "the humble
approach," the Foundation typically seeks to focus the methods and resources of
scientific inquiry on topical areas which have spiritual and theological
significance ranging across the disciplines from cosmology to
healthcare.</DIV></BODY></HTML>