Q: Has anyone ever provided proof of god’s inexistence? A: Not even close. Q: Has Quantum cosmology explained the emergence of the universe or why it is here? A: Not even close. Q: Have the sciences explained why our universe seems to be fine-tuned to allow for the existence of life? A: Not even close. Q: Are physicists and biologists willing to believe in anything as long as it is not religious thought? A: Close enough. Q: Has rationalism and moral thought provided an understanding of what is good, what is right, and what is moral? A: Not close enough. Q: Has secularism in the terrible twentieth century been a force for good? A: Not even close to being close Q: Is there a narrow and oppressive orthodoxy of thought and opinion within the sciences? A: Close enough. Q: Does anything in the sciences or on their philosophy justify the claim that religious belief is irrational? A: Not even in the ballpark. Q: Is scientific atheism a frivolous exercise in intellectual contempt? A: DEAD ON. David Berlinski PHD in Philosophy (Princeton university) Passage taken from his published work, “The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretentions (2008)”
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