On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:55:21 -0400, 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.

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


The most accomplished scientists tend to be less religious than "average"
scientists, who are, in turn, less religious than non-scientists.

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

No, actually, imagining a Designer with inscrutable, magical properties is
a lame way to "explain" something that is difficult to explain otherwise.
We are all still waiting for an explanation of the Designer. Scientists
like finding explanations; non-scientists, particularly theists, like
things to have explanations. If there are no *good* explanations, a poor
one will do.

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MarkA
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