Felix007
[01] Neophyte
If I had $1 for every time God bailed me out..
"Hardcore atheist"? What do you define as hardcore? He's espousing what he believes, in a civil manner, when he is invited to teach or give a presentation. How is that any different from thousands of televangelists telling people about God on TV, or Bible studies in school, etc etc? He isn't nearly as blunt as saying that evolution means there is no God, his main complaint is with Creationists.
Certainly, science is what likely diminished any possible belief he had for God, because it slowly chips away at the strangle hold the proverbial "God of the Gaps" holds over people today. Don't know where the Universe came from? God did it. Don't know about evolution? No worries, the Bible tells us. Don't understand gravity? Here, can I introduce you to Intelligent Falling? So on and so forth.
Darwin isn't a God, but he didn't put forth the idea of natural selection, which has led evolution to becoming the unifying theory of biology, leading to advances in medicine we would not have otherwise. He holds him in high regard, but certainly not to the point of deifying him.
As for the idea that being religious makes you idiotic, while I don't agree with that blanket statement, it has been shown that the higher your I.Q., the less likely you are to be religious. There are THOUSANDS of intelligent religious people, and he's certainly not making the assumption that if you are religious, you must be an ignoramus.
Pretty much. Even if you accept Intelligent Design, which God do you follow? There are thousands out there, you can't pick and choose the popular deity merely because he's popular. It also leads to the problem that, if all this "complexity" required a designer, who designed the designer?
"Hardcore atheist"? What do you define as hardcore? He's espousing what he believes, in a civil manner, when he is invited to teach or give a presentation. How is that any different from thousands of televangelists telling people about God on TV, or Bible studies in school, etc etc? He isn't nearly as blunt as saying that evolution means there is no God, his main complaint is with Creationists.
Certainly, science is what likely diminished any possible belief he had for God, because it slowly chips away at the strangle hold the proverbial "God of the Gaps" holds over people today. Don't know where the Universe came from? God did it. Don't know about evolution? No worries, the Bible tells us. Don't understand gravity? Here, can I introduce you to Intelligent Falling? So on and so forth.
Darwin isn't a God, but he didn't put forth the idea of natural selection, which has led evolution to becoming the unifying theory of biology, leading to advances in medicine we would not have otherwise. He holds him in high regard, but certainly not to the point of deifying him.
As for the idea that being religious makes you idiotic, while I don't agree with that blanket statement, it has been shown that the higher your I.Q., the less likely you are to be religious. There are THOUSANDS of intelligent religious people, and he's certainly not making the assumption that if you are religious, you must be an ignoramus.
Marginal said:
Pretty much. Even if you accept Intelligent Design, which God do you follow? There are thousands out there, you can't pick and choose the popular deity merely because he's popular. It also leads to the problem that, if all this "complexity" required a designer, who designed the designer?
