1. There are those who become incensed at the mention of religion, any some of 'em climb on the pedestal of science to proclaim it. And, true, there are scientists who shout from the rooftops, Scientific and religious belief are in conflict. They cannot both be right. Let us get rid of the one that is wrong!
And such atheistic scientists are not just tolerated, today they are admired. It is a veritable orgy of competitive skepticism- but a skepticism supposedly built of science.
Physicist Victor Stengler and Taner Edis have both published books championing atheism. Both men exhibit the salient characteristic of physicists endeavoring to draw general lessons about the cosmos from mathematical physics: They are willing to believe anything. Anything except for God.
a. "Before one accepts the support of such smart scientists simply because of their vocation, why not question this scientific atheism as merely yet another foolish intellectual fad, successor to academic Marxism, or feminism, or the various doctrines of multicultural tranquility? Could not the rise of militant atheism be a reaction, albeit a cautious- even pusillanimous- one, to the violence of Islamic religiosity?"
David Berlinski, "The Devil's Delusion."
3. By coincidence, the ranks of the science-atheists is largely populated by Marxists and other Leftists.
As Lenin stated: "Atheism is a natural and inseparable portion of Marxism, of the theory and practice of Scientific Socialism." If God exists and is in supreme command of the universe, He possesses discretionary power, and His actions cannot always be calculated accurately in advance. The whole edifice of Marxism collapses.
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David Mamet pretty much nails such folks with this quip:
'The Left says of the Right, You fools, it is demonstrable that dinosaurs lived one hundred million years ago, I can prove it to you, how can you say the earth was created in 4000BCE? But this supposed intransigence on the part of the Religious Right is far less detrimental to the health of the body politic than the Lefts love affair with Marxism, Socialism, Racialism, the Command Economy, all of which have been proven via one hundred years of evidence shows only shortages, despotism and murder.'
David Mamet, "The Secret Knowledge."
4. Frequently both sides look to the most brilliant of scientists to see where he stands on the question. I speak of Albert Einstein. Several biographers have portrayed Einstein as the consummate atheist, as a nonbeliever, a 'nonpracticing Jew.' In truth, he did not subscribe to the principles of any strict religion, and that includes the religion into which he was born....but it is not correct to call him an atheist.
5. In an article from Huffington Post, Amir Aczel writes: " As someone who has spent a decade and a half studying Einstein's writings, I see it as my responsibility to correct this prevalent misconception.
Albert Einstein believed in something like Spinoza's "God": a powerful entity that transcends the world. To Einstein, "God" was the maker of the laws of physics that he, Einstein, saw as his life's role to uncover.
This is far from the "God" of all organized Western religions, to be sure, but it is equally far from Krauss' "universe from nothing," meaning a universe without any maker of the rules of physics or any creator of the quantum foam that gave rise to our universe through a quantum fluctuation.
Krauss ( A Universe From Nothing, by Lawrence M. Krauss) places a "[sic]" after "God" when quoting Einstein mentioning the "deity." He tries to reinterpret Einstein's words as not meaning what he writes. Richard Dawkins does the same in a chapter titled "A Deeply Religious Non-Believer," referring to Einstein.
But these are unjust pronouncements.
In 1913, when he lived in Prague, Einstein went to synagogue, as reported by a number of biographers (Folsing, "Albert Einstein: A Biography," and Frank, "Einstein His Life & Times"). And he constantly spoke about "God." He clearly believed that the universe did not arise out of the void all on its own."
Killing Einstein's God*|*Amir Aczel
One wonders, why is it essential to the atheist scientists to enlist Einstein?
Why so insecure in their own beliefs?
Does one man- even the most brilliant of scientists- prove the case for the existence of God one way or another?
Certainly not.
And such atheistic scientists are not just tolerated, today they are admired. It is a veritable orgy of competitive skepticism- but a skepticism supposedly built of science.
Physicist Victor Stengler and Taner Edis have both published books championing atheism. Both men exhibit the salient characteristic of physicists endeavoring to draw general lessons about the cosmos from mathematical physics: They are willing to believe anything. Anything except for God.
a. "Before one accepts the support of such smart scientists simply because of their vocation, why not question this scientific atheism as merely yet another foolish intellectual fad, successor to academic Marxism, or feminism, or the various doctrines of multicultural tranquility? Could not the rise of militant atheism be a reaction, albeit a cautious- even pusillanimous- one, to the violence of Islamic religiosity?"
David Berlinski, "The Devil's Delusion."
3. By coincidence, the ranks of the science-atheists is largely populated by Marxists and other Leftists.
As Lenin stated: "Atheism is a natural and inseparable portion of Marxism, of the theory and practice of Scientific Socialism." If God exists and is in supreme command of the universe, He possesses discretionary power, and His actions cannot always be calculated accurately in advance. The whole edifice of Marxism collapses.
The Schwarz Report | Essays
David Mamet pretty much nails such folks with this quip:
'The Left says of the Right, You fools, it is demonstrable that dinosaurs lived one hundred million years ago, I can prove it to you, how can you say the earth was created in 4000BCE? But this supposed intransigence on the part of the Religious Right is far less detrimental to the health of the body politic than the Lefts love affair with Marxism, Socialism, Racialism, the Command Economy, all of which have been proven via one hundred years of evidence shows only shortages, despotism and murder.'
David Mamet, "The Secret Knowledge."
4. Frequently both sides look to the most brilliant of scientists to see where he stands on the question. I speak of Albert Einstein. Several biographers have portrayed Einstein as the consummate atheist, as a nonbeliever, a 'nonpracticing Jew.' In truth, he did not subscribe to the principles of any strict religion, and that includes the religion into which he was born....but it is not correct to call him an atheist.
5. In an article from Huffington Post, Amir Aczel writes: " As someone who has spent a decade and a half studying Einstein's writings, I see it as my responsibility to correct this prevalent misconception.
Albert Einstein believed in something like Spinoza's "God": a powerful entity that transcends the world. To Einstein, "God" was the maker of the laws of physics that he, Einstein, saw as his life's role to uncover.
This is far from the "God" of all organized Western religions, to be sure, but it is equally far from Krauss' "universe from nothing," meaning a universe without any maker of the rules of physics or any creator of the quantum foam that gave rise to our universe through a quantum fluctuation.
Krauss ( A Universe From Nothing, by Lawrence M. Krauss) places a "[sic]" after "God" when quoting Einstein mentioning the "deity." He tries to reinterpret Einstein's words as not meaning what he writes. Richard Dawkins does the same in a chapter titled "A Deeply Religious Non-Believer," referring to Einstein.
But these are unjust pronouncements.
In 1913, when he lived in Prague, Einstein went to synagogue, as reported by a number of biographers (Folsing, "Albert Einstein: A Biography," and Frank, "Einstein His Life & Times"). And he constantly spoke about "God." He clearly believed that the universe did not arise out of the void all on its own."
Killing Einstein's God*|*Amir Aczel
One wonders, why is it essential to the atheist scientists to enlist Einstein?
Why so insecure in their own beliefs?
Does one man- even the most brilliant of scientists- prove the case for the existence of God one way or another?
Certainly not.
