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re: Neil deGrasse Tyson at Tulane
Posted on 4/14/14 at 2:49 pm to Tactical1
Posted on 4/14/14 at 2:49 pm to Tactical1
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I would like to know what reason could anyone give for not believing in God that believers would accept and say "Well you do have a point there."
None. "Faith" makes them blind to such things.
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Posted on 4/14/14 at 2:51 pm to Brosef Stalin
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Wonder how much atheism he'll try to push on the audience
Posted on 4/14/14 at 2:54 pm to Brosef Stalin
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He certainly hates religion.
He does not.
He does however hate people who think their religion entitles them special license to attack science. His discussion about Abu Hamid al-Ghazali and the death of science in the muslim world centuries ago makes his motivations on this subject pretty clear. He believes that if you allow fundamentalists to destroy education and learning eventually you end up with a terrible society like what we've seen in the muslim world for the last 8 plus centuries.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 2:56 pm to Tactical1
quote:I like what NDT says in that interview I linked. When something good happens to someone, God is great; God is loving; God is caring. When something bad happens to someone or a natural disaster kills thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, God works in mysterious ways.
I would like to know what reason could anyone give for not believing in God that believers would accept and say "Well you do have a point there."
Posted on 4/14/14 at 5:16 pm to Coach Guidry
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He's overrated.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 5:19 pm to Brosef Stalin
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Wonder how much atheism he'll try to push on the audience
He is routinely (as in during every interview ever) asked about his belief and thoughts on religion, and his response is always that he is a scientist and just doesn't think about religion very much. When he brings it up, it's to discuss ideas born of religion involving science (like creationism and denial of the big bang), not religion itself.
He also has repeatedly told atheists not to claim him.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 5:19 pm to Tactical1
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I would like to know what reason could anyone give for not believing in God that believers would accept and say "Well you do have a point there."
I never said he (or anyone) should have to have a convincing argument for what they believe or don't believe. I just said that saying you don't believe in God because some people think he cares about petty things doesn't make a lot of sense. (That's what someone else posted he beloeves, not me.) After reading about him a little, he said no one has convinced him to believe. That makes sense. Not the previous explanation.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 5:22 pm to boom roasted
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I like what NDT says in that interview I linked. When something good happens to someone, God is great; God is loving; God is caring. When something bad happens to someone or a natural disaster kills thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, God works in mysterious ways.
"I look out at the universe, see all the ways it wants to kill us and think to myself 'Any designer who intended all this to be for our benefit isn't very good at his job'"
Posted on 4/14/14 at 7:17 pm to Poseidon
Line is backed up to freret and students have already filled 75% of the auditorium... Don't waste your time trying to get in
Posted on 4/14/14 at 7:19 pm to Enfuego
Thanks. Looks like 3000 people in line out here. And I'm in the back. 
Posted on 4/14/14 at 7:20 pm to Enfuego
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Don't waste your time trying to get in
Unless you're also in the back trying to discourage people and move up in line.....
Hmmmm
Posted on 4/14/14 at 7:25 pm to xXLSUXx
I'm in here
Posted on 4/14/14 at 7:28 pm to Enfuego
He's a scientist, not a philosopher or a theologian. Why should we expect him to have some special insight?
His draw is that he's a great communicator of science to the masses. Not many guys at his level are very good at it.
His draw is that he's a great communicator of science to the masses. Not many guys at his level are very good at it.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 7:30 pm to Sigma
quote:Well you sound fun to be around.
He's a scientist, not a philosopher or a theologian. Why should we expect him to have some special insight?
This post was edited on 4/14/14 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 4/14/14 at 7:40 pm to boom roasted
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Well you sound fun to be around.
???
I like the guy a lot. I know it's a modern production of Sagan, but how many guys could convince a room full of TV suits to put him on a network, in prime time, to talk about science?
What he's doing is very important and what our culture needs more of. We need young people excited about going to Mars or curing cancer. I mean, Miguel Cabrera makes 40K an at bat.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 7:41 pm to Sigma
Must have misread your post. Sounded like you were trashing him because he wasn't going to bring some incredible insight.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:17 pm to SPEEDY
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He's overrated.
The guy is revitalizing interest in science. I'll embrace him.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:26 pm to Sigma
quote:what we need more of is science
What he's doing is very important and what our culture needs more of. We need young people excited about going to Mars or curing cancer.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:46 pm to CrazyTigerFan
Yeahhhh.... Didn't make it in.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:01 pm to Brosef Stalin
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This post was edited on 4/21/14 at 11:51 pm
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