Darwin’s God
"Stars No. 1207," 1996 by David Stephenson/Julie Saul Gallery
Heavenbound
A scientific exploration (or denial) of how we have come to believe in God.
By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG
Published: March 4, 2007
God has always been a puzzle for Scott Atran. When he was 10 years old, he scrawled a plaintive message on the wall of his bedroom in Baltimore. “God exists,” he wrote in black and orange paint, “or if he doesn’t, we’re in trouble.” Atran has been struggling with questions about religion ever since — why he himself no longer believes in God and why so many other people, everywhere in the world, apparently do.
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2 comments:
Religion and God have a bad press in the west because of their experiences with the theologians in the past.
and who can blame them when the theologians insist that the world is flat and is at the centre of the universe, etc, their beliefs perhaps based on a seriously flawed book.
people tend to lump all religions together despite the differing creeds and reject all.
if you read his book, darwin was a religious man. iirc he didn't reject god. others did it for him.
now there are numerous writers, very clever ones, for whom what was originally a theory is now a 'fact' and a reliable model on which to base one's thinking about the big questions of life and the universe, etc.
einstein believed that the simplest explanation is usually the best (Occam's razor)
and like einstein, believers tend to follow the 'watchmaker' model.
I read the article only halfway because I don't see it's contribution to my spiritual well-being. Takut tergugat akidahku yg tak kukuh ni. But thanks anyway.
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