Even though it may surprise some, an observed clergyman recounts a person can be spiritual and still accept the concept of evolution. "Not only is it really possible, but it is critical to a fuller experience of the way God creates," says clergyman John Haught of Georgetown Uni-versity, a Roman Catholic. Haught, one of the speakers at the Manhattan Academy of Sciences' current Teaching Evolution and the character of Science Meeting , believes the squabble as to whether evolution should be taught in faculties overlooks the proven fact that science and faith are "different disciplines that ask different questions.". According to Haught, welcoming systematic truths does not mandate a refusal of all faith. "Science alone does not let us know everything we want to know, as it is focused on the observable world," he is saying. "We may still profitably consult the faiths of the Earth to find the deepest understandings of life and the universe.". Haught stresses that both faith and science share a standard purpose-to meet humankind's thirst for truth. "Evolution teaches us that God creates a world that in some sense can create itself. Such a God is way more electrifying than the 'intelligent designer' suggested by the anti-evolutionists," he asserts. Set up in 1817, the Manhattan Academy of Sciences is a worldwide non profit membership organization committed to building communities and advancing science.