origin of life (The atheist delusion)

by John Clinch , London, Wednesday, March 05, 2008, 16:30 (6106 days ago) @ Peter P

Dear, dear, dear! - This ad hominem point about the personal religious faith of scientists is immaterial to this discussion. Besides, many of the scientists you mention lived in a time that was extremely hostile to atheism and agnosticism. Wasn't it a crime to espouse atheism in Newton's day? And, anyway, who cares what Heisenburg thought about God when all that matters is that we have his uncertainty principle? - If you must make an ad hominem point, you would do better to refer to the faith position of contemporary "giants" or even your ordinary scientist working today. But as this would probably reveal most to be atheistic or apatheistic (I can't remember the exact stats but it's a proportion far higher than the background population), I don't think it would be one that would go to your argument, such that it is.