Leading Scientists surveyed in 1998 only 7% believe in God

OP - January 13, 2011, 04:30 AM

It shits me to tears when muslims and christians tell lies by claiming their dusty old books contain science or even make absurd claims like science supports what is written in these books.

A survey was done with the members of the National Academy of Sciences in 1998 they also have results for 1914 and 1933.

1998
Personal Belief 7%
Personal Disbelief 72.2%
Doubt or Agnosticism 20.8%

1914 27.7% had belief in God
1933 15% had belief in God
1998 7% had belief in God
2011 - ?

Read the link for more send him a email if you need more evidence.
http://stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/news/file002.html

Re: Leading Scientists surveyed in 1998 only 7% believe in God

Reply #2 - January 13, 2011, 05:05 AM

You could go one step further than priest and say Stephen Hawking is a prophet. He accurately predicts the nature of the universe from his reading and interpretation of current knowledge.

Too fucking busy, and vice versa.

Re: Leading Scientists surveyed in 1998 only 7% believe in God

Reply #4 - January 13, 2011, 05:43 AM

Project Steve:

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NCSE's "Project Steve" is a tongue-in-cheek parody of a long-standing creationist tradition of amassing lists of "scientists who doubt evolution" or "scientists who dissent from Darwinism."

Creationists draw up these lists to try to convince the public that evolution is somehow being rejected by scientists, that it is a "theory in crisis." Not everyone realizes that this claim is unfounded. NCSE has been asked numerous times to compile a list of thousands of scientists affirming the validity of the theory of evolution. Although we easily could have done so, we have resisted. We did not wish to mislead the public into thinking that scientific issues are decided by who has the longer list of scientists!

Project Steve pokes fun at this practice and, because "Steves" are only about 1% of scientists, it also makes the point that tens of thousands of scientists support evolution. And it honors the late Stephen Jay Gould, evolutionary biologist, NCSE supporter, and friend.

We'd like to think that after Project Steve, we'll have seen the last of bogus "scientists doubting evolution" lists, but it's probably too much to ask. We hope that when such lists are proposed, reporters and other citizens will ask, "How many Steves are on your list!?"

The statement:

Evolution is a vital, well-supported, unifying principle of the biological sciences, and the scientific evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of the idea that all living things share a common ancestry. Although there are legitimate debates about the patterns and processes of evolution, there is no serious scientific doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism in its occurrence. It is scientifically inappropriate and pedagogically irresponsible for creationist pseudoscience, including but not limited to "intelligent design," to be introduced into the science curricula of our nation's public schools.

It's worth noting that as of Dec 2010, 1151 Steves have signed the list.

And as of Jan 2011, just over 800 people have signed the Dissent from Darwin list...

Too fucking busy, and vice versa.

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