It is a curious accident of history that the Christian religion became heavily involved with theology. No other religion finds it necessary to formulate elaborately precise statements about the abstract qualities and relationships of gods and humans. […] The idea that God may be approached and understood through intellectual analysis is uniquely Christian.

Freeman Dyson (1923-2020) English-American theoretical physicist, mathematician, futurist

The Scientist as Rebel, Part 4, ch. 25 “Is God in the Lab?” (2006)
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Originally published in New York Review of books (1998-05-28).