Have been wondering about this, since so many of the atheists have stated that belief in God is a rejection of science, or have gone farther and written that believing in God is same as Santa, easter bunny etc. Am sure there are believers who have won this award - refuse to believe the accusation that my accepting God's gift of grace means I have divorced my intellectual ability to ask questions.
2007-08-09 05:30:13 · 15 answers · asked by Last Stand 2010 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Am not saying this question is proves there is a God.
Am pointing out to the many who say "no serious scientist believes in God", that there are winners of one of Science's highest achievments (I know...not all is "Science" prize - but point is stil the same.
Ignorance shows itself to the ones that keep saying "no serious scientist believes in God."
2007-08-09 08:30:27 · update #1
Not everyone does that. Richard Dawkins is the most pronounced, I was kind of dissapointed in his book he took the trashy media tactic of pointing out the 'worst of the worst' of religious people, which is kind of what you're doing with scientists. I'm an atheist and I believe those who believe in God can make great scientists.
Dawkins really is a great biologist. Why he veered into this philosophical nonsense is beyond me.
2007-08-09 05:35:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
This is a bit of a non sequitur. You're appealing to authority. The Nobel Prize in no way validates your theocratic position. I am sure there have been plenty of theists who have won the Nobel. I'm willing to bet that most of the awards in science (physics and chemistry) over the last 50 years were won by non-believers though.
2007-08-09 05:36:13 · answer #2 · answered by Peter D 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
On a bell shaped curve believers and non-believers taken from a cross-section of the population come out about the same, intelligence wise.
The same applies with the believers and non-believers on RS, when compared only to one another.
On RS, nobody's winning, nor is anyone likely to win any Nobel prizes, or intelligence arm wrestling contests.
2007-08-09 05:36:53 · answer #3 · answered by Jack P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr. both won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Both Baptists, by the way.
2007-08-09 05:33:06 · answer #4 · answered by jimmeisnerjr 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Probably plenty. But if you are talking about a nobel prize in the sciences, I'm sure they were objective in their work.
2007-08-09 05:33:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
You really should have specified that you were not referring to the Nobel Peace Prize. (although, I admit, I am only assuming)
2007-08-09 05:37:18 · answer #6 · answered by TriciaG28 (Bean na h-Éireann) 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
jews hold the spot for the most nobel prizes ever won. and only a few were for peace, many were for science.
2007-08-09 05:33:04 · answer #7 · answered by lins 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Your belive is the highest. None can change you unless the leasons come to you.
2007-08-09 05:34:24 · answer #8 · answered by johnkamfailee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many believers in science, and they have both credibility and integrity.
2007-08-09 05:33:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
anwar sadat (peace)
naguib mahfouz (literature)
ahmad zuweil (chemistry)
mohamad baradei (peace)
muslims, believers
2007-08-09 05:53:51 · answer #10 · answered by Sahar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋