[lbo-talk] Leading Scientists Still Reject God

[Jeffrey Fisher]

On 6/9/05, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/8/05, Chuck0 <chuck at mutualaid.org> wrote:
> > Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> >
> > > Leading US scientists overwhelmingly reject beliefs in personal God and
> > > immortality.  I conclude that the most potent antidote to beliefs in the
> > > supernatural, in countries such as the United States that are highly
> > > economically developed, is thorough scientific education. Advanced study
> > > of biology appears to be especially helpful.
> >
> > Amen. What Emma Goldman said  many years ago about the dangers of
> > ignorance still holds true today. Although I'd argue that a college
> > education is not necessarily the best means to a functioning bullshit
> > detector.
> 
> i see. so what you mean by "anti-religious activism" is education,
> particularly in science.
> 
> that actually sounds great to me. so why didn't you just say that?
> 

sorry. one more thing: you will notice in my previous emails i pointed
out that an educational setting is a great place to force people to
ask and answer these questions. but your idea runs into the same
problem as mine: how do you apply the education program in the case of
people who are out of high school or college? what does that mean in
that case?

j

-- 
Among medieval and modern philosophers, anxious to establish
the religious significance of God, an unfortunate habit has prevailed
of paying to Him metaphysical compliments.

  - Alfred North Whitehead