(October 6, 2021 at 7:39 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(October 6, 2021 at 11:33 am)Klorophyll Wrote: And I insist: Dawkins is a dumbass when it comes to the philosophy of religion. Many reviews of his books explicitly state that he doesn't understand traditional arguments for God's existence. Dawkins discusses, embarassingly, the BS question "who created God?" in some of his books.
Why are most scientists and philosophers atheist?
Nature -- Leading scientists still reject God
The PhilPapers Surveys
Why are you so smart, and so many other smart people dumb?
Yep...
74% of all philosophers are atheists.
72% of all scientists.
And, among the elite scientists, members of The Royal Academy in England and the National Academy in the US, 96% are atheists.
And if anyone thinks most of the rest that believe in a god are Christians or Muslims... nope. Most are deists.
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.