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To: LLCF who wrote (2411)	2/14/2009 10:11:57 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) of 69300

Physics depts all over the place are noting the 100th anniversary of his papers and all that. Good. But I'm talking about the popular culture ... things you see in the news, editorials, idiots wishing one another "Happy Darwin Day". I think Dawkins and Dennett are idiots and hurt science by straying from science in order to comment on religion. They'd be better off sticking to their knitting... many scientists agree, and they raise eyebrows all the time. I agree. Would be nice if scientists who think that would say so publicly. One can argue SCIENCE STARTED (club of London) because of repression of ideas by "the" church. Much of the beginning of science wasn't about "god or no god", in fact many were believers... it was about freedom to say and write what you wanted. Yes, almost all early scientists were Christians. And I don't think the church in England ever repressed science. The government founded a Royal Academy of Science to promote it. Where was there any church opposition there? Historically speaking you can't get around the fact that "Religion" was the bad guy, and 'Science' the good guy when it came to search for the truth in societies as a whole. I beg to differ. There are only a few instances one can point to where a religious institition did something anti-science - Galileo for isntance. With that as a back drop, it's not surprising Dawkins type scientists are always looking for religious "boogymen". He's not looking for bogeymen, he says religion is evil and should be suppressed. That raising children to believe in God is child abuse. This is the view of science, he says. worldnetdaily.com I know of no prominent scientific figure that has publicly contradicted Dawkins.

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