I'm dying to here what some of you say.
2006-10-23 10:37:00 · 7 answers · asked by The Chaos Within 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Scientists by nature tend to be analytical and logical which in itself is probably enough to prevent one from accepting the validity of religious belief. I would be surprised if the figure wasn't substantially higher than 80%.
2006-10-23 10:48:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is probably lower, actually.
According to a recent survey, belief in a god that is "in intellectual and affective communication with humankind" and belief in "personal immortality" are most popular among mathematicians and least popular among biologists. In total, about 60% of scientists in the United States expressed disbelief or doubt in the existence of deities in 1996. This percentage has been fairly stable over the last 100 years. Among leading scientists defined as members of the National Academy of Sciences, 93% expressed disbelief or doubt in the existence of a personal god in 1998.[8]
The phrasing of the question can be criticized as presenting an overly narrow definition of god. Furthermore, the survey among NAS scientists was conducted via mail and had a low and perhaps statistically biased return rate of 50%.
2006-10-23 10:54:53 · answer #2 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the year 1332AD, the Antichrist is manifested through a radical attack on the faith in the word of God. Through the philosophers who begin to give exclusive value to science and then to reason, there is a gradual tendency to constitute human intelligence alone as the sole criterion of truth. There came to birth the philosophical errors which continue through the centuries down to these days of ours. The exaggerated importance given to reason as an exclusive criterion of truth, necessarily leads to the destruction of the faith in the word of God Indeed, with the Protestant Reformation, traditions is rejected as a source of Divine Revelation, and only Sacred Scripture is accepted. But even this must be interpreted by means of reason, and the authentic Magisterium of the hierarchical Church, to which Christ has entrusted the guardianship of the deposit of the faith, is obstinately rejected. Each one is free to read and to understand Sacred Scripture according to one 's personal interpretation. In this way, faith in the word of God is destroyed. The work of the Antichrist, in this period of history, is the division of the Church and the consequent formation of new and numerous Christian sects which gradually become driven to a more and more extensive loss of the true faith in the word of God.
2006-10-23 10:41:51 · answer #3 · answered by Gods child 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think most scientist are skeptics by nature.
Religion does not hold up to the rigors of scientific inquiry.
Most people only have room for one great passion in their life. For most members of the NAS that passion would be their field of study.
2006-10-23 10:41:36 · answer #4 · answered by Pablito 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have known great men of mathematics and leaders in world relations. I saw a difference with them and their contemporaries. There are selfless people, who act and react with others in mind, and there are selfish people, who act with themselves in mind. A man, who pursues doggedly an answer, is very likely to be tempted to use the answer he fought for, to advance himself. Science is a valid field, but its outstanding members can be blinded by the pursuit and grasp of knowledge that puts them above others, in their minds. Knowledge can hurt you as well as provide.
2006-10-23 10:48:23 · answer #5 · answered by TCFKAYM 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most cannot see the logic in a higher power.
2006-10-23 10:40:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure they are atheists? An atheist does not believe in any god, not just the Christian god.
2006-10-23 10:56:49 · answer #7 · answered by oriskany_cva 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋