Quote: if you believe in that, you're useless in a lab,

And probably pretty much every where else, too.

(December 30, 2012 at 8:45 pm)Faith No More Wrote: At the risk of derailing this thread I have to ask, what is a spiritual atheist?

Sry I know its probably a poor choice of word but its the best i could use to sum up the way he sees what the whole world can see and it stirs something in his being to wonder and marvel and try to know more. I'm using the word a bit loosely.

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(December 30, 2012 at 8:46 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

Quote: if you believe in that, you're useless in a lab,

And probably pretty much every where else, too.

Gosh. So little credit for all those people of many faiths who have taken science so far. Its feels like the spoilt grandchild who despises their elders but is happy to live of the sweat of their brows and they wealth thats passed on to them. There wouldn't be enough room in this forum pages for all the Theistic scientists and thinkers who built this society to what it is now. I think if Neil would agree.

Quote:Gosh. So little credit for all those people of many faiths who have taken science so far.

Right. Until the Enlightenment and the dismissal of your fucking bullshit religious doctrines science wasn't much more effective than you were.

(December 30, 2012 at 7:51 pm)pocaracas Wrote:

(December 30, 2012 at 7:11 pm)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote: I suspect the recently banned "Savedbychrist94" simply cant let it be.

Banned already? Damn!
You guys took away my birthday present while still on my birthday!

You'd only have broken him.

(December 30, 2012 at 9:03 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote: There wouldn't be enough room in this forum pages for all the Theistic scientists and thinkers who built this society to what it is now. I think if Neil would agree.

Oh please, is that really surprising considering throughout all of history religion has dominate the populaces of the entire world?

Religion has no bearing on making a good scientist.

Fortunately the theistic scientists didn't waste their brilliance trying to explain the world with god, and actually bothered to find out for themselves.

(December 30, 2012 at 9:30 pm)Insanity x Wrote: Fortunately the theistic scientists didn't waste their brilliance trying to explain the world with god, and actually bothered to find out for themselves.

True, many probably didn't feel God needed explaining but should have been obvious to all but times have changed as we can both agree.

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(December 30, 2012 at 9:25 pm)Napoléon Wrote:

(December 30, 2012 at 9:03 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote: There wouldn't be enough room in this forum pages for all the Theistic scientists and thinkers who built this society to what it is now. I think if Neil would agree.

Oh please, is that really surprising considering throughout all of history religion has dominate the populaces of the entire world?

Religion has no bearing on making a good scientist.

I agree but the previous poster doesn't hence my post.

(December 30, 2012 at 9:45 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote: True, many probably didn't feel God needed explaining but should have been obvious to all but times have changed as we can both agree.

No I think its more likely they didn't see god as necessary to describe our world. Time always changes that is the nature of time. god is nonsense, I knew that when they used to make me pray at primary school. The sooner god falls into history as another myth the better.

I refuse to be put into a box by a narrow minded bigot.

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(December 30, 2012 at 9:48 pm)Insanity x Wrote:

(December 30, 2012 at 9:45 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote: True, many probably didn't feel God needed explaining but should have been obvious to all but times have changed as we can both agree.

No I think its more likely they didn't see god as necessary to describe our world. Time always changes that is the nature of time. god is nonsense, I knew that when they used to make me pray at primary school. The sooner god falls into history as another myth the better.

It would seem God is very loath to fall into history, the debate hasn't really changed as much as people think for thousands of years. Would this this quote be so out of place today yet it was written how long ago?

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