God, science and other dark thougths

[Contratrombone64]

This is intersting ...

http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/...217514775.html

[JLS]

My biggest problem with that article is the straw man that it makes out of science. Never has science claimed that "the universe and living things are just random occurances". That is complete nonsense made up by creationists(who don't even understand what randomeness is, btw). Science is the opposite of randomness. It is predictability. Evolution predicts life. Cosmology predicts the expanding universe that we see. These are not random events but the result of very reasoned and complex theories supported by all of the factual evidence we have. Religion presents a far more unpredictable(random) scenario than science does. Who can predict the whims of an all powerful being...?

[Mat]

I can already see what this thread will probably evolve into - another discussion about God and his existence or non-existence or science and its superiority over religion. Hmmm, or maybe it won't...

Anyways, I did like this quote:

But the hype around the project has taken on science fiction proportions, with some marginalised scientists warning the Hadron might open up a black hole, which would swallow the Earth.

And this one, too:

You don't have to be an atheist to believe in science

[methodistgirl]

That is so true Mat.
judy tooley