The argument from design stands or falls on whether it can be demonstrated that some aspect of the … - Victor J. Stenger

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God really does take our work seriously: It is wrong, it is a sin, to accept or remain in a position that you know is a mismatch for you. Perhaps that's a form of sin you've never considered - the sin of staying in the wrong job. But God did not place you on the earth to waste away your years in labor that does not employ his design or purpose for your life, no matter how much you may be getting paid for it.

Victor J. Stenger

The argument from design stands or falls on whether it can be demonstrated that some aspect of the universe such as its origin or biological life could not have come about naturally. The burden of proof is. . . on the supernaturalist to demonstrate that something from outside nature must be introduced to explain the data.

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When people start using science to argue for their specific beliefs and delusions, to try to claim that they're supported by science, then scientists at least have to speak up and say, You re welcome to your delusions, but don't say that they're supported by science.

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Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered.

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The problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something for which you have no evidence.

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With pantheism. . . the deity is associated with the order of nature or the universe itself. . . when modern scientists such as Einstein and Stephen Hawking mention 'God' in their writing, this is what they seem to mean: that God is Nature.

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In short, evolution is as close to being a scientific fact as is possible for any theory, given that science is open - ended and no one can predict with certainty what may change in the future. The prospect that evolution by natural selection, at least as a broad mechanism, will be overthrown in the future is about as likely as the prospect of finding out some day that the Earth is really flat. Unfortunately, those who regard these scientific facts as a threat to faith have chosen to distort and misrepresent them to the public.

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