From the New York Times, we have this:
And here I thought scientists were supposed to be open-minded. But science has become the cloak for self-imposed ignorance and anti-religious bigotry. The scientific community of today is no more enlightened than the Catholic Church of the Dark Ages -- or Islam for the last 1,396 years. Do you know how the Declaration of Independence was written? It seems that Thomas Jefferson's youngest son spilled a box of letter blocks out on the floor and there it was -- perfectly spelled and punctuated -- without a single block out of alignment. Of course, rational people would never believe that story. But those same rational people DO believe that something as infinitely complex as the universe could randomly fall together after a Big Bang, perfect down to the tiniest subatomic particle, without any intelligent intervention. Forget the universe. Just look into the eyes of a child. That's random? If we are going to teach theories in our classrooms and discuss theories that make sense, it seems to me that intelligent design makes a lot more sense and takes far less faith than what's already out there. Science and intelligent design are not mutually exclusive. And there are more and more people -- scientists included -- with OPEN minds, who are coming to realize that the universe makes a lot more sense if you include God in the equation. If there are any atheists reading this, here is your mission. Dump a box of Lincoln Logs out on the floor so they randomly come together to form a two-story hunting lodge. With outhouse -- with a quarter moon carved in the door. You can dump them out only once, because according to the theory, there was only one Big Bang. You can't touch them -- that would be intelligent design. If it doesn't happen when they hit the floor, just let them lay there. Maybe it will take a few billion years for them to drift together. Don't take your eyes off them. Just sit there.....Wait for it.....Wait.....Waaaaait..... Hey! I'm giving you a break here! By all rights, you should have started with sawdust! -- or atoms. Or those things smaller than atoms -- croutons? Protons?Scientists Speak Up on Mix of God and Science By CORNELIA DEAN
At a recent scientific conference at City College of New York, a student in the audience rose to ask the panelists an unexpected question: "Can you be a good scientist and believe in God?" Reaction from one of the panelists, all Nobel laureates, was quick and sharp. "No!" declared Herbert A. Hauptman, who shared the chemistry prize in 1985 for his work on the structure of crystals.
Belief in the supernatural, especially belief in God, is not only incompatible with good science, Dr. Hauptman declared, "this kind of belief is damaging to the well-being of the human race."
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