Of course there are atheists here. There are atheists everywhere. Except in Heaven. God rest their souls.

Anonymous says ...

Personally I dont know any athiests.  Maybe they just are secretive about it.

In this country, most aren't.

Very true, we are only nurses without very much education???  I assume that is what the last poster is suggesting???  Really?!

I suppose there can be an inverse relationship between education and a belief in God, but I know a lot of very highly educated people that do in fact believe in God and I know of people with very little education that do not believe in God.  I guess it can go either way.  

Anonymous says ...

Anonymous says ...

I suppose there can be an inverse relationship between education and a belief in God, but I know a lot of very highly educated people that do in fact believe in God and I know of people with very little education that do not believe in God.  I guess it can go either way.  

95% of the members of the Acadamy of Sciences are athiests.... It takes a certain degree of ignorance to believe in a god.

 

The plural of anecdote is not data.

In actuality our topic poster is a dork. I'm sure our Academy of Science associate can tell us what that is. Right, Einstein?

Anonymous says ...

One of my all time favorite quotes..."There are no atheists in foxholes."

 

 

Not even close to true... I had ATHEIST on my dogtags for the many years I was in the military.

 

 "95% of the members of the Acadamy of Sciences are athiests.... It takes a certain degree of ignorance to believe in a god".

Wow, you quote things like it is fact.  I love how people trying to get a rise out of others do that.  Quote your source, otherwise those are just words that mean absolutely nothing!  One person is obviously wrong in regards to this discussion.  I believe in God.  If I am wrong, I have nothing to lose.  I have lived a good life, helped others along the way, and believed in God.  If I am right, then the people on the other side of this discussion is wrong,  and they have a lot to lose.  One day, they will have to answer to their decision to not believe.  

Anonymous says ...

 "95% of the members of the Acadamy of Sciences are athiests.... It takes a certain degree of ignorance to believe in a god".

Wow, you quote things like it is fact.  I love how people trying to get a rise out of others do that.  Quote your source, otherwise those are just words that mean absolutely nothing!  One person is obviously wrong in regards to this discussion.  I believe in God.  If I am wrong, I have nothing to lose.  I have lived a good life, helped others along the way, and believed in God.  If I am right, then the people on the other side of this discussion is wrong,  and they have a lot to lose.  One day, they will have to answer to their decision to not believe.  

 

What you are employing is called ' Pascal's Wager"

Interesting topic.  I was raised in a christian household, and my parents are still dedicated to their religion.  I, however, question organized religion, and this is someting that I have noticed many do not like.  It isn't that I don't or do "believe", it's that over the years I have seen and heard many horrible things coming from organized religion as a whole, and I question why these things continue to happen or are overlooked.  On the other hand, I look at the wonderment of our world and think that this can't simply be an accident.  I am conflicted on this topic.  My grandmother used to tell me not to question God, but if I cannot question Him, then who?   

I am an agnostic atheist. I used to be a devout catholic but i had a lot of questions which i coudn't find any answers from pastors, priests or any religious leader until I read a lot of books and i found answers to all my inquiries.

Anonymous says ...

The fact that the OP decided to place this forum in the anonymous section shows that he/she is not 100% comfortable with his/her position.

 I am the OP. SEVOFLURANE. And I am quite comfortable with my position.

http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/sciencefaith.html Einstein believed in God;

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/03/collins.commentary/index.html  Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., is the director of the Human Genome Project. His most recent book is "The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief."

http://www.allaboutcreation.org/scientists-who-believe-in-god-faq.htm 1996 and again in 1998, Pulitzer Prize winner Professor Edward Larson of the University of Georgia and Washington Times reporter Larry Witham teamed up to duplicate Leuba’s study in an effort to determine if scientists’ religious beliefs have changed much over the last 65 years. Larson and Witham found that 40% of American scientists still believe in a personal God

I guess this all depends on which source you choose to believe.  I believe in God, and in the end it is a choice to either believe in God or not believe in God. 

Kittyrn

 Well put. And pretty much reflects how I feel.

Apparently, not all scientists are atheists.  In fact, some of the big ones that we have all heard of were not atheists.  Here are a few quotes of from some that you may have heard of:

1. "In the view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognize, there are yet people who say there is     no God.  But what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support of such views."----Albert Einstein

2. "Atheism is so senseless."----Sir Isaac Newton

3. "God is known by nature in His works, and by doctrine in His revealed Word."----Galileo

4. "The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator."----Louis Pasteur

I have noticed that the issue with Sevoflurane is that he/she hates God.  That is his/her right.  We all have a choice in life.  But, in hating God, he/she has decided to attack Christians, and even go so far as to enter Christian groups on NL and attack the posters views in there. If you don't believe, then stay out of the Christian groups.   Unfortunately, you seem like you are full of hate for a lot of things.  I'm not sure why, or what may have taken place in your life, but I do feel sorry for you.  

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