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Article #456Re: Religion & Physics Don't Mix
From: Johan Wevers
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 14:44
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 14:44
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andrew@rentec.com (Andrew Mullhaupt) writes: >Atheism has a long history, and the scientists are relative latecomers. Then you forgot Democritos, a Greek atomist who was ordered to poison himself 'cause of atheism. >would seem to me that in the absence of the appropriate experiment, scientists >should either hold that the result of science is agnosticism, or that science >is not equipped to decide the question of God. The existence of a god has never shown to be nessecary for any experiment. Therefore, using Occams razor, the concept can be removed. >'Science vs. Religion' is >about as sensible a contest as 'Cooking vs. Linguistics' or 'Sportsmanship >vs. Geology' No, it's experimental proof vs. no proof at all. -- ********************************************************** * J.C.A. Wevers * The only nature of * * johan@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl * reality is physics. * **********************************************************
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!blade.stack.urc.tue.nl!johan From: johan@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Johan Wevers) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Religion & Physics Don't Mix Message-ID: <6162@tuegate.tue.nl> Date: 4 Nov 92 14:44:32 GMT References: <1992Oct30.090305.25085@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> <30OCT199219335753@comet.nscl.msu.edu> <1305@kepler1.rentec.com> Sender: root@tuegate.tue.nl Lines: 24