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Originally Posted by filtherton
These folks are essentially theologists of a different sort - instead of putting christ on a pedestal they put einstein. Either way, most of them don't actually know shit about what their particular exalted one thought, or why their contributions were significant. How many people know what the "e", the "m", and the "c" mean in the e = mc^2? How many people understand the models used to predict the effects of global warming? How may people know what a decibel is? From my experience the answer to these questions is few.
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As far as I know, many people understand that energy is equal to mass times the speed of light squared. I think it may be a mistake to assume that atheists put their faith in scientists. I think a better way to put it is that atheists put their faith in reason and the scientific method. I'm not a physicist at all, but I can probably explain the general theory of relativity, and what it means to you and I. I'm not a biologist, but I understand the how of evolution pretty well. I'm not a geologist, but I understand carbon dating pretty well.
I think it's dangerous to suggest that the whole of humanity = sheep of one color or another. I wouldn't dare call all theists sheep, though the fact that Jesus is labeled a shepherd in the Bible is rather telling as to how those that wrote the Bible viewed a believer's role compared to a deity.