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''Yes, Scientists believe in God''.
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RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''.
(December 27, 2008 at 12:09 pm)CoxRox Wrote: Purple Rabbit, you said: ''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?'' Of course his 'beliefs' are going to be of great interest to me, more so than say my neighbour , as this guy is a particle physicist and I'm assuming that particle physicists aren't usually dumb, but rather clever people. I understand where you guys come from and how your reasoning works (using science etc) so for a 'scientist' to 'believe' in the supernatural is very interesting to me, due to my own beliefs.
Particle physicists tend to be rather clever in well...particle physics. And indeed the majority of the scientists does not believe in god. So a god-fearing particle physicist is rare indeed. Then is it not strange to value the opinion of just that god-fearing particle physicist more than that of other particle physicists? Especially when that particular particle physicist states clearly that he is taliking about belief and not making a professional assessment? He hasn't given any particle related evidence, he hasn't used any advanced mathematics, he hasn't provided any science based argument. His personal beliefs on god haven't been formulated falsifiable, haven't undergone peer review and are not the view of the scientific community. So, his personal beliefs are in every way unscientific and as good as anyone's. In other words, even particle physicists are human and there is no reason to credit their opinion on believe on something more than the content of their arguments.
"I'm like a rabbit suddenly trapped, in the blinding headlights of vacuous crap" - Tim Minchin in "Storm"
Christianity is perfect bullshit, christians are not - Purple Rabbit, honouring CS Lewis
Faith is illogical - fr0d0
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''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by CoxRox - December 20, 2008 at 11:23 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by LukeMC - December 20, 2008 at 11:45 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Edwardo Piet - December 23, 2008 at 9:47 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Purple Rabbit - December 24, 2008 at 7:53 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Dotard - December 24, 2008 at 8:34 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Edwardo Piet - December 24, 2008 at 8:40 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Tiberius - December 20, 2008 at 11:57 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Darwinian - December 20, 2008 at 12:58 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by CoxRox - December 20, 2008 at 1:21 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by infidel666 - December 25, 2008 at 6:32 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Purple Rabbit - December 26, 2008 at 6:12 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Darwinian - December 20, 2008 at 1:30 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Tiberius - December 20, 2008 at 1:31 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Darwinian - December 20, 2008 at 1:47 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by CoxRox - December 20, 2008 at 1:38 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by lilphil1989 - December 23, 2008 at 10:36 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by solidsquid - December 24, 2008 at 1:18 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by LukeMC - December 24, 2008 at 9:09 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Edwardo Piet - December 24, 2008 at 9:15 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by leo-rcc - December 24, 2008 at 9:24 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Edwardo Piet - December 24, 2008 at 9:36 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by LukeMC - December 24, 2008 at 9:37 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Edwardo Piet - December 24, 2008 at 9:43 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by LukeMC - December 24, 2008 at 9:55 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Edwardo Piet - December 24, 2008 at 7:54 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by CoxRox - December 24, 2008 at 12:07 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Purple Rabbit - December 24, 2008 at 3:27 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by CoxRox - December 24, 2008 at 4:37 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Dotard - December 24, 2008 at 6:46 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by CoxRox - December 27, 2008 at 12:09 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Purple Rabbit - December 27, 2008 at 2:13 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by CoxRox - December 27, 2008 at 2:46 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by leo-rcc - December 28, 2008 at 2:01 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Edwardo Piet - December 27, 2008 at 7:32 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by infidel666 - December 27, 2008 at 10:37 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by CoxRox - December 28, 2008 at 8:11 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Edwardo Piet - December 28, 2008 at 9:14 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by CoxRox - December 28, 2008 at 10:57 am
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Purple Rabbit - December 28, 2008 at 2:20 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Tiberius - December 28, 2008 at 12:33 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by Darwinian - December 28, 2008 at 2:31 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by CoxRox - December 28, 2008 at 2:48 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by lilphil1989 - December 28, 2008 at 3:34 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by CoxRox - December 28, 2008 at 3:44 pm
RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''. - by leo-rcc - December 28, 2008 at 3:51 pm

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