Do atheist's know that their Scientist heroes are agnostic?

Question

Or are they guilty of what they say religious people are......ignoring the facts.

their science leads them to this belief.

typical atheist garbage responses.

Nowhere do I say anthing about a book or and invisible man in the sky.

lol - so funny.

Answer 1

athesit guy- your article is almost 10 years old, things change.

in the words of albert einstein-"the more i learn about physics and the world the more i believe that there is a creator behind it"

Answer 2

Some are, some are atheists, some are deists. You can't make that kind of blanket statement. Sagan was my early hero, and he flat out is an atheist, no argument about it. All three have a lot of common ground in that they all acknowledge no direct evidence of god, and no one really knows anything about him.

The main difference is philosophical. I think lack of evidence makes it only reasonable to not believe in a god. An agnostic says it makes it impossible to tell. I don't disagree with the method to arrive there, only the conclusion. As far as which has the most evidence, it is a toss up.

A deist buys the ID argument and says the existence of the Universe implies a god. I disagree but think that it is rational. I don't think that completely believing in 2000 year old books written by guys who didn't even identify themselves is rational.

Answer 3

did you know that some of them are CHRISTIAN too? that's funny! I'll bet there's even some JEWS in there! Maybe even a HINDU or two!

We don't ignore facts- we reject testimonial for evidence- which means that written words are only as accurate as the person who wrote them wanted them to be. Physical evidence is tangible. I can go to a museum and see physical evidence pointing directly to facts. In a book, I have to take the author's word about its contents, and in this case- even the AUTHOR(S) is in question!

Do you know what a pseudonym is? Maybe the bible was written by a group of people all claiming to be a god! Maybe James the Barber of Babylon wrote the bible and gave it to a king and the king exploited the followiers. Maybe so many people caught on and just went with it- rejecting all rational thought along the way for an easy answer to all life's questions.

Answer 4

Hmmm.... If only you had given us a fact to pay attention to....

What exactly are you saying? That agnostics are closer to religious than they are to atheists? That atheists are unwilling to allow agnostics freedom of thought? That agnostics are antagonistic to atheists, or vice versa?

And by the way, I wouldn't call scientists heroes. I call Firefighters heroes. Scientists are pioneers, explorers, adventurers.

Answer 5

ag·nos·tic (āg-nŏs'tĭk) n.

1) One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.
2) One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.

I think most true scientists should be agnostic since, by definition, they would require proof that god does not exist to be athiests. Since scientific proof for the existance of god will never exist, many of them take the (logical) leap of faith to athiesm.

My question is: What difference does it make? Either way they both do not believe in god... which is what is important.

Answer 6

First, thanks for clarifying the facts. I almost wasn't sure what you were talking about.

Second, two main types of atheism. Look it up and quit accusing all of us of being one type.

Finally, I believe that atheism is a very individualistic philosophy. We don't need to have a person to put on a pedestal as great in all respects. In other words, we don't need to hero worship, meaning that if we admire certain qualities in someone, we don't have to try to emulate them completely. I admire my dad's self-confidence, kindness, and morality, but I don't want to go into finance like him. I admire many of my professors for their intelligence and understanding, but a few of them are downright jerks even if they teach well.

Answer 7

Yeah, so. What do you want me to say? "Well, I'd better start believing in the invisible sky fairy in that case"?

You may have every breath of your planned by a little book, or only do what you are told, but not all of us are the same.

Answer 8

some of them are guilty of ignoring the facts. yet not all scientists are agnostic.

Answer 9

Wait donkey, he's probably right. As scientists they are probably open to any possibility. Since God can't be disproven, they may be forced to remain agnostic.

Answer 10

I see your point, I've seen so many profiles that say something like AthiestDarwin11 or some crap, when Darwin himself said he was agnostic, not athiest.