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Originally posted by Shpoop
sixate: yes, but approx. 96% of the world believes in some sort of higher being, and thats more than most facts.. so call it fact or call it fear or call it what you wish.
The most scientific people are the people who believe/know God to exist. Einstein never doubted his existence. Neither did Darwin. In fact he, somewhat, 'proved' his existence by proving that the chance of a blood clotting gene (only one of millions of neccessary genes for life) would evolve was some OUTRAGEOUS number, i mean something like one in all the 'seconds the universe has seen' or somethign like that. Darwin believed in a higher being, and evolution does NOT disprove God/the Bible
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Thats rubbish! Darwin was a straight up atheist! This fact caused him great grief due to the fact that his wife, whom he dearly loved, was a devout christian, and was the source of much turmoil in their relationship.
Einstein DID NOT believe in God, though he reffered to him constantly in his writings. If you were to actually read these writing you would realise, from the context, that his refferences to "the Old One" were purely metaphorical and illustratative.
"It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it." - Einstein
Moreover, I think the X amount of people believe in Y is the most idiotic argument that anyone can use, and it is abused by people on BOTH sides of this argument.
Just drop it people, it is absolutely meaningless.
Like Marius1 pointed out, a number of centuries ago, everybody "knew" that the earth was flat, and that the sun orbited around the earth and that all celestial bodies were perfect spheres.
Doesn't make it fact!
As for your claim that evolution doesn't disprove the existence of God, well I guess that's true, but it removes yet another reason as to why somone would need to believe in him.