What famous scientist said, "a supreme intelligence brought the universe into being and created man"?

Question

Today's birthday boy, Arthur Compton!

"For myself, faith begins with a realization that a supreme intelligence brought the universe into being and created man. It is not difficult for me to have this faith, for it is incontrovertible that where there is a plan there is intelligence--an orderly, unfolding universe testifies to the truth of the most majestic statement ever uttered: 'In the beginning God.'" - American physicist Arthur Holly Compton, born Sept. 10, 1892, noted for confirming that electromagnetic radiation is at the same time both a wave and a particle. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1927.

Do you agree with Mr. C?

Thanks for sharing your [rational] views!

Answer 1

Seem to be a logical conclusion to me.

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Answer 2

I agree with Mr. C, as did the person to develop and use the scientific method, Ibn al-Hayhtham.

Born in Basra (in what is now Iraq) in 965, Ibn al-Haytham was a devout Muslim. He believed that human beings are flawed and only God is perfect. To discover the truth about nature, he reasoned, one had to eliminate human opinion and allow the universe to speak for itself.

“The seeker after truth is not one who studies the writings of the ancients and, following his natural disposition, puts his trust in them,” he wrote, “but rather the one who suspects his faith in them and questions what he gathers from them, the one who submits to argument and demonstration.”

Ibn al-Haytham designed physical experiments to test hypotheses, launching the scientific revolution.

Ibn al-Haytham remained a devout Muslim throughout his life. “It became my belief that for gaining access to the effulgence and closeness to God, there is no better way than that of searching for truth and knowledge,” he wrote.

I agree with both him and Arthur Compton.

Answer 3

Good for him, but at his time the evidence for evolution was in it's initial stages and religion had not lost its credibility.

It is clear from the evidence for evolution with no indication of "outside" influence and the total lack of evidence for the Bible that God had nothing to do with creation.

Answer 4

I do not know if some dude said it or who he was. But the way evolution works is supremely
intelligent. It certainly created man who then created God in his image.

Answer 5

Just because he understood the scientific method doesn't mean he had a consistent metaphysical standard. You have more reading to do.

Answer 6

That makes sense.