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Dartmouth physicist, known for doubting skeptics, wins 2019 Templeton Prize [View all]
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A Dartmouth College professor who says he is a religious agnostic but whose work has focused on the links between science and the mysteries of creation is the winner of the 2019 Templeton Prize....
I see atheism as being inconsistent with the scientific method as it is, essentially, belief in non-belief, Gleiser said in a 2018 interview in Scientific American. You may not believe in God, but to affirm its nonexistence with certainty is not scientifically consistent.
I see atheism as being inconsistent with the scientific method as it is, essentially, belief in non-belief, Gleiser said in a 2018 interview in Scientific American. You may not believe in God, but to affirm its nonexistence with certainty is not scientifically consistent.
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https://religionnews.com/2019/03/19/dartmouth-physicist-known-for-doubting-skeptics-wins-2019-templeton-prize/
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Dartmouth physicist, known for doubting skeptics, wins 2019 Templeton Prize [View all]
guillaumeb
Mar 2019
OP
I think the professor's point is that one can't be certain of deitys nonexitence, so atheism
Karadeniz
Mar 2019
#20
How many theists do you know allow for the possibility that god does not exist?
Major Nikon
Mar 2019
#23
So that shows his claim that atheists in general "believe in non-belief" is wrong
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2019
#24
I thought the "Professor of Natural Philosophy" title refered to philosophy
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2019
#28
You mean the same Templeton Foundation thas has ties to the Cato Instutute...
Act_of_Reparation
Mar 2019
#6