Comments on: Scientists, atheists worried about NIH head, http://atheists.org/blog/2009/07/13/scientists-atheists-worried-about-nih-head A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AtheistAndy88 http://atheists.org/blog/2009/07/13/scientists-atheists-worried-about-nih-head/comment-page-1#comment-107423 AtheistAndy88 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:50:55 +0000 http://atheists.org/blog/?p=1816#comment-107423 My girlfriend actually called me and woke me up when she heard about this! I think that the whole situation of how religion relates to science is very cut and dry. I absolutely think that science and religion are diametrically opposed to one another, using two completely different types of methods to learn about the world and our relations to it. Science is naturalistic (as is atheism) and therefore, it rules out the supernatural by default. Science must start with an assumption that natural laws are uniform througout time and space. If this were not true, any objective data would be unattainable. You cannot have your cake and eat it, too! When religionists and theists want to accept their supernaturalist explanations alongside the naturalist one, they are either fooling themselves, or have some sort of dual life (one in which they accept science and the other in which they accept religion). For me, such a life would create too much cognitive dissonance to be bearable, for we all know the contradictions are almost endless. Anyone who argues otherwise, that science and religion are indeed compatible, have ultimately failed to convince me. Could I be wrong? Of course! Must we tolerate and accept one another for who we are? Of course! There may be a "right" or "wrong" answer to this question, but since when are debates ever so cut and dry?? lol My girlfriend actually called me and woke me up when she heard about this! I think that the whole situation of how religion relates to science is very cut and dry. I absolutely think that science and religion are diametrically opposed to one another, using two completely different types of methods to learn about the world and our relations to it. Science is naturalistic (as is atheism) and therefore, it rules out the supernatural by default. Science must start with an assumption that natural laws are uniform througout time and space. If this were not true, any objective data would be unattainable. You cannot have your cake and eat it, too! When religionists and theists want to accept their supernaturalist explanations alongside the naturalist one, they are either fooling themselves, or have some sort of dual life (one in which they accept science and the other in which they accept religion). For me, such a life would create too much cognitive dissonance to be bearable, for we all know the contradictions are almost endless. Anyone who argues otherwise, that science and religion are indeed compatible, have ultimately failed to convince me. Could I be wrong? Of course! Must we tolerate and accept one another for who we are? Of course! There may be a “right” or “wrong” answer to this question, but since when are debates ever so cut and dry?? lol

]]> By: geoih http://atheists.org/blog/2009/07/13/scientists-atheists-worried-about-nih-head/comment-page-1#comment-107417 geoih Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:41:19 +0000 http://atheists.org/blog/?p=1816#comment-107417 Not sure what you're eluding to. Perhaps you think government isn't already fully entwined in all matters financial. What do you think has caused this great mess? Again, sorry for the delay responding. Not sure what you’re eluding to. Perhaps you think government isn’t already fully entwined in all matters financial. What do you think has caused this great mess?

Again, sorry for the delay responding.

]]> By: geoih http://atheists.org/blog/2009/07/13/scientists-atheists-worried-about-nih-head/comment-page-1#comment-107416 geoih Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:35:42 +0000 http://atheists.org/blog/?p=1816#comment-107416 Government corrupts everything it touches. Government is power and coercion. If you'd like your science to occur within that sphere, then you deserve the corrupt conclusions that come from it. Sorry I took so long to reply. Vacation. Government corrupts everything it touches. Government is power and coercion. If you’d like your science to occur within that sphere, then you deserve the corrupt conclusions that come from it.

Sorry I took so long to reply. Vacation.

]]> By: AtheistAndy88 http://atheists.org/blog/2009/07/13/scientists-atheists-worried-about-nih-head/comment-page-1#comment-107361 AtheistAndy88 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:29:58 +0000 http://atheists.org/blog/?p=1816#comment-107361 JCC: If you're insinuating that you hope President Obama gets assasinated I will report you to the Dept. of Homeland Security. JCC:

If you’re insinuating that you hope President Obama gets assasinated I will report you to the Dept. of Homeland Security.

]]> By: DNAunion http://atheists.org/blog/2009/07/13/scientists-atheists-worried-about-nih-head/comment-page-1#comment-107335 DNAunion Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:33:36 +0000 http://atheists.org/blog/?p=1816#comment-107335 Let's be OBJECTIVE .. and believe in a fantastical being for which their is no evidence????? Let’s be OBJECTIVE .. and believe in a fantastical being for which their is no evidence?????

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