RE: Athiesm is a Faith?
December 31, 2012 at 6:24 pm
(This post was last modified: December 31, 2012 at 6:32 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(December 30, 2012 at 9:03 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote: 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.
It's not the religous belief that's the problem. It's proposing God as an explanation for the unknown. For starters, saying 'God did it' doesn't really explain anything.
Tyson certainly wasn't suggesting that theists can't be good scientists. He was just talking about the 'god of the gaps' mentality.
If you think we have a ridiculous position, your next thought should be that maybe you're not understanding us.
(December 31, 2012 at 3:12 am)Mark 13:13 Wrote: Wisdom 2:1-24
Everything after verse 9 is a baseless insult, so I gues the conversation hasn't changed in thousands of years.
