RE: Earth
March 19, 2015 at 6:35 am
(This post was last modified: March 19, 2015 at 6:36 am by Smaug.)
Naturally there are theist scientists out there but they follow a simple rule: they don't implant their beliefs into their work. I'm speaking of responsible scientists of course but not of pseudo-science freaks. Consider Isaac Newton: he had interests in religious philosophy yet he explicitly separated it from scientifically-aquired facts. Faith is not bad by itself. It helps to encompass person's aspirations and produce fundamental motives. Even atheists in fact have fundamental elements of faith (i.e. elements of irrationality) though they may not pay enaugh attention. Such elements of faith may include the faith in cognitibility of the Universe and other highly-philosophical concepts. It's sometimes hard to separate atheism, deism and agnosticism.
However, most of the problems discussed on this forum relate to the mainstream religions and the fact that their adepts are often very primitive in terms of philosophy. Even the most sophisticated apologists do no more than take other's irrational ideas for granted and defend them relentlessly.
However, most of the problems discussed on this forum relate to the mainstream religions and the fact that their adepts are often very primitive in terms of philosophy. Even the most sophisticated apologists do no more than take other's irrational ideas for granted and defend them relentlessly.
