I am getting myself this new book ''The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions'' by David Berlinski, which ask the very interesting question of why Scientists think they are capable to prove that god exists or not, because most of modern atheist rest on scientific proofs that divinity don't exist. His basic argument is nothing qualifies Physicists to give an answer on the question of whether divinity exists or not, that it is a question for philosophy, and that the supposed smoking hot proofs, such as evolution and the big bang, are not as strong as atheists think they are,o or lemming terms that they are over their head and only nails because they had hammerfrom what I have seen from the interview below.
As for myself, I shall take vow of silence on the subject until I finish reading the book, since the interview is not enough to make an informed argument for or against. It is certainly something interesting for those who were ever involved in this debate to consider if they were actually discussing the right thing.
Quote from the interview :
I leave you the following questions:Berlinski asserts that "a great many men and women have a dull, hurt, angry sense of being oppressed by the sciences. They are frustrated by endless scientific boasting. They suspect that ... the scientific community holds them in contempt. They are right to feel this way." With Darwin's theory of evolution as a point of departure, he takes scientists to task for their antireligious assumptions and explores the conflict between the scientific community and those with firmly held religious beliefs.
- Can science proof that divinity don't exist ?
- Is Atheism suffering from Scientific Pretensions ?
PS: This is not a does god exists or not thread.