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August 21, 2008 - 4:27 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2008-08-22 14:40:21

Wretchard said:

“When you die, conscious is extinguished and the body rots. The existence of God has nothing to do with the immortality of man.”

It does indirectly. We’re programmed at the DNA level to survive. However the certainty of our inescapable death contradicts our basic survival programming (this is an unwelcomed side effect of being self aware). To deal with this contradiction, we invented religion. Many people get very ticked off when challenged about their religion because by doing so one challenges their very existence.

Ken anthony said:

“A true scientist could never demand Proof of God. Science provides evidence to support theories that are falsifiable.”

A true scientist would be an agnostic seeking or awaiting evidence to support or refute God’s existence.

Ken anthony also said:

“How do you know I exist? You don’t.”

Baloney. That’s the only thing you truly know, i.e. “Cogito ergo sum”. You just flunked Philosophy 101.

Ken anthony said:

“For me, quantum physics and DNA are two very powerful pieces of evidence of Gods existence. While the many worlds theory is strong evidence to me that atheistic scientists are in denial of the evidence.”

Albert Einstein believed in God so long as he had doubts about quantum physics (Einstein kept saying: “Gott würfelt nicht”). Unfortunately Einstein became an atheist after it became clear that quantum physics’ validity was undeniable. Personally, I think Einstein was in error. Quantum theory tells us nothing about whether or not the Universe is an artifact. Einstein should have become an agnostic and embraced quantum theory.