Devout Atheist
My blogs
| Industry | Science |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Scientist |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | I’m a scientist, with graduate training in both physics and biology. I believe that both disciplines can contribute quite fruitfully to questions of atheism vs religious belief, and I will explore this idea in some of my blogs. I am also a Unitarian-Universalist, partly because spirituality is perforce a part of our lives, believers or no. As a UU, I have had the freedom to explore the meaning that spirituality, and other “religious” terms such as grace and faith, can mean to a non-believer. Finally, while I am a devoted and devout atheist, any absolute certainty about this belief is tempered by my scientific devotion to keeping an open mind. As a result, I am leery of any dogmatic theory of the universe, atheism included- and so will occasionally explore the remote possibility that we got it wrong. |
| Interests | "Now you know, Christianity may be okay between consenting adults in private but I really do feel the time has come to say somewhat firmly that it should not be taught to young children." -- Francis Crick, co-discoverer of DNA structure.***** "The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless."-- Steven Weinberg, cosmologist***** "An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support."-- John Buchan (1875–1940), British author, statesman***** "The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness"-- Albert Einstein, 1954 letter**** |