Members phkrause Posted July 22, 2014 Members Share Posted July 22, 2014 40% of scientists believe in God, and among younger scientists the number is higher. While evidence of God is not easily found in laboratories, religion still plays an important part in the scientific community. Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Gallerie...vhW5QTV9zEtL.99 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Bravus Posted July 22, 2014 Moderators Share Posted July 22, 2014 Arrghhh! It's Stephen Hawking, not Stephen Hawkings. That quote from Darwin is quote-mined. Here it is in context: https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/entry-8837 You see how the sentence was cut off right in the middle to give an impression opposite to that the author actually held? No citation is given for the 40% figure or the claim that the figure is higher for younger scientists. The truth matters. Quote Truth is important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted July 22, 2014 Members Share Posted July 22, 2014 That quote from Darwin is quote-mined. Here it is in context: https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/entry-8837 You see how the sentence was cut off right in the middle to give an impression opposite to that the author actually held? No citation is given for the 40% figure or the claim that the figure is higher for younger scientists. The truth matters. It took me a few reads to realize Darwin was simply stating that it was an argument for the existence of God, but not *his* position. Victorian writing, even scientific writing, is often difficult to wade through. I liked his final thought: "The safest conclusion seems to be that the whole subject is beyond the scope of man's intellect; but man can do his duty." Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeHiscost Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Quote: The truth matters. Not having known many scientists (like none) I probably wouldn't be able to pass any kind of judgment on their sincerity of conclusions, but when I heard the figures on possibilities from the old testament, of things that were forecast about the coming Messiah(Jesus as) multiplied hundreds of years before they took place, convinced me(again) of the truthfulness of the Word and THE One it reveals. http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1503477/pg1 Quote: MIT Calculates Odds Of Jesus Fulfilling 8 Old Testament Prophecies!A Study Conducted at MIT Many of the prophecies concerning the Messiah were totally beyond human control: Birth: Place, time, manner of Death: People's reactions, piercing of side, burial Resurrection: Where did His body go? By using the modern science of probability in reference to just eight of these prophecies, the chance that any man might have lived to fulfill all eight prophecies is one in 100 trillion! To illustrate this point: If we take 100 trillion silver dollars and lay them on the face of Texas, they would be two feet deep. Now we mark one of these silver dollars and thoroughly stir the whole mass--all over the state. Now blindfold a man and let him travel as far as he wishes, but he must pick only one silver dollar. What chance would he have of picking the marked one? The same chance that the prophets would have of writing just eight of these prophecies and having them all come true for any one man if they had written them without God's inspiration! The chance of any one man's fulfilling all of 48 prophecies is one in ten to the 157th power. The electron is about as small an object as we can imagine. If we had a cubic inch of these electrons and tried to count them, it would take us (at 250 per minute) 19,000 times 19,000 times 19,000 years to count them. Now mark one of them and thoroughly stir it into the whole mass. What chance does our blindfolded man have of finding the right electron? The same chance as one man of fulfilling 48 of the prophecies about Christ without His being the Son of God! God is not the only one, however, who uses forecasts of future events to get people's attention. Satan does, too. Through clairvoyants (such as Jeanne Dixon and Edgar Cayce), mediums, spiritists, and others, come remarkable predictions, though rarely with more than about 60 percent accuracy, never with total accuracy. Messages from Satan, furthermore, fail to match the detail of Bible prophecies, nor do they include a call to repentance. "....because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened."Romans 1:19-21 NKJV God is love! Jesus Saves! Quote Lift Jesus up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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