Posted by
Andrews on Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:15:18 PM
I was reading IMDB chat boards again, and surprise, I ran across silly statements. This time, I was reading
reviews of Danny Boyle's Sunshine, and I saw
the most absurd quote ever. The thought was, you could tell these were real scientists because they didn't mention G-d.
Which tells me the author is not a scientist. Most likely a university student, most likely in the humanities.
I am not a scientist. I was a chem and physics major at various times in my career, and pursued a master's in computer science until I realized how little it had to do with the actual work I had done for the previous 5 years, a handful of people I know have worked in scientific fields, including one at Goddard Space Flight Center, and I am employed by a large university, though not one know for the hard sciences, so I have some exposure to scientists, though I am not an expert on scientists, but I do know one thing.
Science does not mandate atheism.
There are scientists who are atheists. There are scientists who are believers. There are scientists who fall everywhere in between. The fact is science says nothing about G-d. The existence of G-d is not falsifiable, and thus not a question for science, so proper scientists don't write or talk about it as scientists.
Some scientists see in the regularity of phenomena an argument against G-d. Some see in that same regularity an argument for G-d. But only the most disreputable scientists try to fool the ignorant into believing science proves either argument. Recently this has mostly been the province of disreputable atheists, but believers did it before, and still try from time to time.
But the truth is, G-d and science are completely unrelated. Meaning scientists and atheist are not synonyms, no matter what "intellectuals" believe.
POSTSCRIPT
Why do I spend so much time reading IMDB chat boards and Wikipedia discussion pages, then griping about them on this blog? I need to find a better way to spend my time.