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- From: wnljam01@uctvax.uct.ac.za
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: Religion & Physics Don't Mix
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.142049.203282@uctvax.uct.ac.za>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 14:20:49 +0200
- References: <1992Nov10.183906.4904@sierra.com>
- Organization: University of Cape Town
- Lines: 35
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- In article <1992Nov10.183906.4904@sierra.com>, ande@sierra.com (Ande Rychter) writes:
- > In <1992Oct30.090305.25085@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> John Snyder writes:
- >
- >>>Indeed. But my "water and fire" comment did not imply any social reality.
- >>>It is hardly difficult to understand why 90% of Americans are religious if
- >>>you consider that 95% are scientifically illiterate. Incredible as it may
- >>>seem, the equilibrium between science and religion appears to be shifting in
- >>>favour of religion. -AR.
- >
- >>Then how do you explain the large number of people who are both scientists
- >>and are religious? Surely there is a sizeable number of such people.
- >>They apparently feel that science has important things to say about
- >>some areas of life, and religion has important things to say about other
- >>areas of life.
- >
- > I wouldn't try to explain this since I have no idea what the number of
- > religious scientist is, nor do I know of a reputable study of this issue.
- > My own guess (hope) is that the number is small. I personally consider
- > the phrase "religious scientist" an oxymoron. -AR.
-
- --)) You are a religious scientist! Your religion is clearly humanism - this
- makes man's reasoning autonomous and the ultimate reality. Humanism states
- that there are no god's but those which man invents in his own mind. In other
- words humanists exalt man as god.
- It is very interesting to see how often scientists refer to the wonderful
- workings of 'Nature' (capital n!!) in the literature. So many scientists
- refuse to ascribe the observed incredible order and symmetry of nature to an
- intelligent Creator God. I think this is plain stupid and the Bible calls
- people who are blind to the genius in creation fools. Ditto.
-
- James Wanliss
-
- Physicist
- (GRADUATE STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA)
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