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Author Topic:   How Do Scientists Believe in God and Evolution?
bluescat48
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Message 30 of 145 (467852)
05-24-2008 11:43 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Wumpini
05-04-2008 6:26 PM


indoctrination
I am going to throw my 2cents into this and say that I feel the reason that some scientists still believe in god is that they, like me, were indoctrinated into whatever religion their parents held, almost from infancy. With the statement "you must believe and don't ask questions about it for all the answers are in the Bible." This is why I remained a religious person until I was nearly 50.

There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969

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bluescat48
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Message 112 of 145 (469409)
06-05-2008 1:38 PM
Reply to: Message 109 by Fosdick
06-05-2008 1:01 PM


Re: Truth?
Faith operates on unquestionable interpretations of "the truths," which are neither testable nor produce empirical evidence.
Then they are not "truths" but beliefs.

There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969

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bluescat48
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Message 145 of 145 (477575)
08-05-2008 12:17 AM
Reply to: Message 94 by Wumpini
06-04-2008 6:09 AM


Re: Chance
Fourth, if the Bible is proven to be contrary to fact, and there is no God, then it would be totally irrational to believe in God. If that is the case then we should all become atheists. That also means we should do whatever we want to do. There would be no universal moral law in the universe. Whatever benefits us or pleases us most in this life, we should pursue. It means the only right and wrong that exists is dictated by society. The only penalty for crossing these boundaries is punishment by society. These defintions of right and wrong could vary greatly from society to society. There is no reason that society cannot decide that anything is right (regardless of our present moral understandings) based upon the desires of society. This can include killing infants, the elderly, the handicapped, etc. because they are not productive or wanted. This can include exploiting those who are weaker. The playing field is wide open. It is not unimaginably idiotic. I can sure imagine it, and it does not look very good.
You assume that all morality comes from the Judeo-Christian scripture?
There was morality long before the scripture was written. As for the end of the above statement, There are societies that do just what you say in one form or another. Try white supremacists, Neo-Nazis & the KKK, all three are Christian.

There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969

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