{"id":6742,"date":"2023-11-07T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/733300181257338880-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:53:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:53:47","slug":"733300181257338880-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/733300181257338880-2\/","title":{"rendered":"733300181257338880"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/is-buddhism-the-most-science-friendly-religion\/\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/is-buddhism-the-most-science-friendly-religion\/\",\"title\":\"Is Buddhism the Most Science-Friendly Religion?\",\"description\":\"Here is some sad news, courtesy of the Pew Research Centers Religion &#38; Public Life Project. Not only is there a growing gap between Demo\",\"site_name\":\"Scientific American Blog Network\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"09af4fd8d9afe28479bb8746a86c4dd7:c5b64349514c90ac-b3\",\"type\":\"image\/png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630}]}'><a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/is-buddhism-the-most-science-friendly-religion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Is Buddhism the Most Science-Friendly Religion?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than other religions \u2013 indeed, I would say, more than any other religion \u2013 Buddhism lends itself to a dialogue with science. Why? 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