The royal road to belief: science. No surprise there. A large majority of its most innovative

[Joe Chi Minh]

thinkers have been passionately Christian (in the case of Einstein, theistic).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/sep/06/science-religion-newton

[thereismore]

1. Unbelievably mangled ideas. Rubbish. nt

[Odin2005]

2. Complete, utter garbage.

[laconicsax]

3. Good comment below the editorial

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/sep/06/science-religion-newton?commentid=cbbc4df9-a2c4-4093-b137-07514ab483e2

What an incredibly confused article.

Firstly a conflation of mathematics and science, for the former proof is applicable and deductive reasoning is apposite.

For the latter, since it is based on experience, we must use inductive reasoning. What we gain in new knowledge is we pay for in terms of the contingency and corrigibility of our theories. And then we have the usual equivocation of methodological and ontological naturalism. The former is the one used in science and make no ontological commitments, the latter is used by philosophers and is a metaphysical position.

[and-justice-for-all]

4. Some how I doubt that...

for a small minority I am sure they were "religious", but the majority will side with reason and not superstitions.

[TZ]

5. HAHAHA.

Yeah. And the earth is flat and the Earth is the Center of the Universe. Disease is caused by DEMONS, Dinosaurs and Man Co-existed together. The Earth is 6000 years old. Carbon dating "doesn't work". Prayer heals. HIV is punishment by God. Darwin was a racist idiot.
Just a few "scientific" innovations brought to you by Religion!!
What a stupid article.

[joshcryer]

6. More post-modern spirtualist metaphysics trying to take credit for that which reason gave us.

This shit is nothing new.