RE: Are We Living In God's "Matrix"?
September 11, 2014 at 2:16 pm
(This post was last modified: September 11, 2014 at 2:20 pm by Simon Moon.)
(September 11, 2014 at 2:08 pm)sswhateverlove Wrote: I have been researching at a graduate level using peer reviewed sources.
What university, if you don't mind me asking?
Quote:Despite your claim, many respected scientists are agnostic.
Never said they weren't. Atheism and agnosticism are NOT mutually exclusive.
The vast majority of atheists are agnostic.
Quote:Tyson actually did a lecture on intelligent design where he encouraged people to spend more time focusing on why some (25% he claims) of the most respected scientist are not completely denying the possibility of intelligent design, because that's where things are getting very interesting.
No scientist completely denies the possibility of ID! They just don't believe it because there is a lack of evidence for it.
Scientists, as you should know, are not dogmatic. They follow where the evidence leads.
I just listened to a lecture by Jerry Coyne, leading evolutionary biologist, world's expert on speciation, and atheist. One of the first things he mentions in his lecture is that he is opened to evidence of ID. He is not unique in this.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
