“Ask a scientist a very profound question on his science, and he will be silent. Ask a religious person a very simple question on his religion, and he will be frenzied.” PersonsScienceAsksReligiousSimpleSilenceScientistSilentProfoundSimplicityReligious Person Author:Kedar Joshi
“I want to know where joy lives. I'd interview scientists, religious leaders and heads of state. I'd want to find out exactly what makes people happy. I'd want to look into the biology, the chemistry of the human brain.” PeopleKnowsWantHumansLooksStatesJoyReligiousBrainLeaderScientistInterviewsBiologyChemistryHuman BrainMaking People HappyReligious LeadersHead Of State Author:Goldie
“Of course I am not religious — I don't in fact see how any scientist who thinks at all deeply can be so.” ThinkingFactsCoursesReligiousScientist Author:Philip Warren Anderson
“As Eastern thought has begun to interest a significant number of people, and meditation is no longer viewed with ridicule or suspicion, mysticism is being taken seriously even within the scientific community. An increasing number of scientists are aware that mystical thought provides a consistent and relevant philosophical background to the theories of Contemporary science, a conception of the world in which the scientific discoveries of men and women can be in perfect harmony with their spiritual aims and religious beliefs.” PeopleMenWorldSpiritualBeliefInterestCommunityReligiousPerfectNumbersMeditationTheoryMen And WomenDiscoveryScientistHarmonyPhilosophicalAimSignificantContemporaryConsistentMysticismConceptionRelevantSuspicionMysticalEasternRidiculeReligious BeliefTokensScientific DiscoveryPerfect HarmonySignificant Numbers Author:Fritjof Capra
“As a Christian, a trained engineer and scientist, and a professor at Emory University, I am embarrassed by Superintendent Kathy Cox's attempt to censor and distort the education of Georgia's students.... There is no need to teach that stars can fall out of the sky and land on a flat Earth in order to defend our religious faith.” NeedsEarthChristianOrderFallStarsReligiousTeachSkyAtheismLandStudentsScientistUniversityPositive AtheismFlatsProfessorsEngineersEmbarrassedReligious FaithGeorgiaSuperintendents Author:Jimmy Carter
“Are science and religion converging? No. There are modern scientists whose words sound religious but whose beliefs, on close examination, turn out to be identical to those of other scientists who straightforwardly call themselves atheists.” TurnsBeliefSoundReligiousAtheismModernScientistAtheistPositive AtheismScience And ReligionExaminationIdentical Book:A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love Source: A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love
“The overwhelming majority of social scientists were irreligious or even anti-religious. This led them to believe that religion was a disappearing and unimportant factor in human affairs.” BelieveHumansChristianSocialReligiousScientistMajorityAffairDisappearFactorsOverwhelmingUnimportantAnti Religious Author:Rodney Stark
“Now, with the general decay of religious faith , it is the scientists who must speak ex cathedra, whether they wish to or not.” SpeakWishReligiousScientistDecayExesReligious Faith Book:The Ethics of Rhetoric Source: The Ethics of Rhetoric
“Mr. Speaker, a new report says only 7% of scientists believe in God. That is right. And the reason they gave was that the scientists are "super smart". Unbelievable. Most of these absent-minded professors cannot find the toilet.” BelieveReasonReligiousSmartScientistScaryReportsBelieve In GodProfessorsSpeakersUnbelievableToiletsAbsentAbsent MindedSuper Smart Author:James Traficant
“Scientists and religious leaders, activists and first nation leaders, CEOs of corporations and actors, all of us need to come together right now, because the planet is in a lot of pain. My job doesn’t always feel like an integral part of the change that needs to occur. If I can offer, in my profession, to do things that are going to allow more people to connect with certain issues, then I hope it’s useful.” PeopleIfsNeedsFeelsFirstsI CanPainTogetherJobsCertainActorsNationsReligiousActingLeaderIssuesPlanetsOffersScientistProfessionCorporationsActivistCeoReligious Leaders Author:Ellen Page