''Yes, Scientists believe in God''.

[Purple Rabbit]

Darwinian, I don't get the impression these 'believing' scientists are being intellectually lazy. To quote from the article:

'Professor Sir John Polkinghorne of Cambridge University, one of the world's most renowned particle physicists, a Fellow of the Royal Society, who became an Anglican minister when he retired from academia. 'Faith isn't a question of shutting your eyes, gritting your teeth and believing six impossible things before break-fast because some unquestionable authority has told you to. It's a search for truth,' he said.
'Science is great, but it's not the whole story. It deals with repeatable experience, but we all know that in our personal lives, experiences aren't repeatable. And you simply couldn't demonstrate how someone is your friend, or what music is.'
Moreover, he insists that there is no lack of evidence of God. 'I believe God reveals his nature in many ways. They're not demonstrations that knock you down, but they are very striking things about the world that are best understood as the work of God.
'The wonderful order of the world, which we scientists investigate, is a sign that there is a divine mind behind that order.'


Apologies for the longish quote, but this particle physicist doesn't seem to think he is 'anthropomorphizing' the universe, or misinterpreting the patterns and apparent designs. I've said it before, just maybe we see design, because there really is design.

Have you asked yourself why this quote from this man has more impact on you than the same remark that can be heard from others? It clearly is a non-scientific statement and Polikinghorne is clear about that, he says "I believe...". In other words, they are his personal beliefs and they have no apparent scientifiic bearing. To attribute more value to the personal beliefs of a former scientist than to the personal beliefs of say your neighbour is mixing matter and person. Science just isn't that what a scientist says.

I think Polkinghorne in his personal beliefs indeed is indulging in anthropomorphic thinking when he is taliking of a wonderful order of the world, friendship and music. His words strongly suggest that all these things are purposely installed there for man meanwhile chosing to not consider any alternative: for instance that friendship is a result from human behaviour not a deirable object installed independently from human behaviour.