Victor Faraday wrote:
"Dan J.S." wrote in message
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My dad, who is a chemical engineer, had a hard time believing in God. Then
he started studying quantum physics, and other complex sciences (he has a
PhD). He has turned extremely religious. Claims there is no way that
'accidents' created the things that he studies - especially things on
atomic levels. As a matter of fact, this is not so uncommon amongst
scientists.

I've got an undergrad degree in physics myself, and I concur. Religion
is not science and never will be. It is far beyond that.

Oooooh... "far beyond." Over the rainbow, I presume.

(Sigh)

Hand-waving noted.

They somehow get a lot more religious the deeper in science they get.

Fantastic design without designer is a harder thing to buy into than
belief in an Almighty alpha and omega.

Since when? This "Almighty alpha and omega" must then have an even
*more* "fantastic design" than that which he/she/it/they designed!

These atheist types are

Uh-oh, someone is picking up a clump of straw and giving it humanoid form...

trying hard to reply in clever & witty ways, but they remind me
of hayseeds who see priceless works of art as miscellaneous
smearing of paint on a canvas.

And differing aesthetic sensibilities apply exactly how?

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