Thread: Who do you "pray" to?

Originally Posted by xman

Absolutely not. Science requires no faith(unsubstantiated belief), indeed demands it. Atheism is simply the state of mind of the scientifically motivated. You must be equivocating upon the word 'faith' to be either substantiated(definition 1 below) or unsubstantiated(definition 2) belief.

from my Dictionary:
aith |feɪθ|
noun
1 complete trust or confidence in someone or something : this restores one's faith in politicians.
2 strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.
• a system of religious belief : the Christian faith.
• a strongly held belief or theory : the faith that life will expand until it fills the universe.

Ahh.

Well, I must say that I disagree with your position stated above.

Science, I agree, has nothing to do with faith, as both that clip, and you say.

However, atheism is a whole 'nother ball of wax:

atheism  // Show Spelled Pronunciation [ey-thee-iz-uhm] Show IPA

Use atheism in a Sentence

–noun

1.	the doctrine or belief that there is no God.

2.	disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings.

"Atheism is simply the state of mind of the scientifically motivated. "

That statement is untrue, yet quite telling of where many working in the field of science are coming from. Which is why the opening (01:05) of the following clip falls under the category of "methinks he doth protest too much"

YouTube - Craig Venter - The Genius of Charles Darwin: The Uncut Interviews - Richard Dawkins