(May 13, 2018 at 10:01 am)possibletarian Wrote:(May 13, 2018 at 2:09 am)CDF47 Wrote: There are serious scientists and great scientist that believe in a higher power in all fields. More scientists believe in a higher power than there are atheistic scientists. Some of the best scientists of all time believed in a higher power and in God and Newton said it actually helped him in his scientific field.
Quote:More scientist believe in a higher power than don't.
Most scientists at one time were christians (at least nominally), they lived in a world dominated by christianity, they had to be to get an education.
However I find your ability to selectively miss use information staggering, why would belief in a higher power mean that people support I.D. nonsense, they simply don't, the scientific community you mention above simply does not support your faith based assumptions. In fact they oppose it. You quote a a single source from one of the most religious country's in the world, lets see what the very same organisation says about your precious I.D.
Quote:The American Association for the Advancement of Science is the world's largest general scientific society. The AAAS serves some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals.
A 2002 statement states: "[T]he lack of scientific warrant for so-called 'intelligent design theory' makes it improper to include as a part of science education."[1]...
But there is no significant controversy within the scientific community about the validity of the theory of evolution. The current controversy surrounding the teaching of evolution is not a scientific one."[2]
Evolution and Intelligent Design: Is intelligent design a scientific alternative to contemporary evolutionary theory? No. Intelligent design proponents may use the language of science, but they do not use its methodology. They have yet to propose meaningful tests for their claims, there are no reports of current research on these hypotheses at relevant scientific society meetings, and there is no body of research on these hypotheses published in relevant scientific journals. So, intelligent design has not been demonstrated to be a scientific theory.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sc...ent_design
I also find it odd that you claim bias, and yet at the same time claim that the scientific community has a 'theistic' majority. There is a very good reason I.D. proponents are laughed at, because they are trying to include faith based assumptions into science.
Also many bodies are against the I.D. nonsense.
Quote:Many other scientific organizations are opposed to teaching intelligent design as a science-based alternative to evolution, including:
New Orleans Geological Society
New York Academy of Sciences
Ohio Academy of Science
Ohio Math and Science Coalition
Oklahoma Academy of Sciences
Sigma Xi, Louisiana State University Chapter, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Society for Amateur Scientists
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Society for Neuroscience
Society for Organic Petrology
Society for the Study of Evolution
Society of Physics Students
Society of Systematic Biologists
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Southern Anthropological Society
Virginia Academy of Science
West Virginia Academy of Science
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
American Geophysical Union
American Society of Biological Chemists
American Psychological Association
American Physical Society
American Society of Parasitologists
Association for Women Geoscientists
Australian Academy of Science
California Academy of Sciences
Ecological Society of America
Genetics Society of America
Geological Society of America
Georgia Academy of Science
History of Science Society
Iowa Academy of Science
Kentucky Paleontological Society
Louisiana Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
North American Benthological Society
North Carolina Academy of Science
https://www.aclu.org/other/what-scientif...ent-design
Seriously, against what you say is irrefutable evidence, in a scientific community you say is dominated by people who believe in a higher power ? Many of them are based in a country where you claim only 3% are atheists at yet at the same time shout bias.
You really are at best a conspiracy nut
Watch the movie exposed. The scientific community systematically fights against ID. There are more scientists that believe in a higher power than there are atheist scientists as well in the US. Not every scientist is involved in the systemic battle against ID and some I am sure do even know what ID is. Many are not biochemists or biologists or cosmologists,...