Steven Weinberg's Athiesm

Nobel laureate and physicist Steven Weinberg speaks of the reasoning behind his atheism.

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[Boyd0006]

@69chalupas Prove to me that Unicons don't exist.

The people that believe in God are the ones that have something to prove because they are the ones making the initial and greater claim.

take care

[positiveprojtheory1]

God died in 1859, when The Origin of Spieces was published. The final nail in the coffin was 1883 Thus Spake Zarathustra. Nietzsche showed us how it could all be made up, but also how we already know that dogmatic, absolute morality is wrong. Richard Dawkins currently just tells it how it is now, up to you whether you listen to him or not.

[serginfl]

@uniteordie1 Christianity is a religion. Jesus Christ is alive person who resurrected from death and he is bigger than religion. You first sentence sounds awkward like "capitalism implies myself". Capitalism is very complicated phenomenon with many positive features and some negative ones, but anyway you are bigger than capitalism.

[uniteordie1]

@DYlaNpItyDaFOOL Atheism is not a religion. Atheism is no more a religion than not collecting stamps is a hobby. Or bald is a hair style. Atheism is simply the lack of belief in god or gods, nothing more.

[uniteordie1]

@serginfl Um he did mention Christianity which implies Jesus. You know Jesus loves him how? And please don't say because the bible tells me so.

[PakistaniAtheist]

@e17jack exactly! when it comes to comparing the levels of religious aggression among all Muslim sects etc, Ahmedi Muslims are the MOST PACIFIST of all. They forbid any violence or jihad unless an actual 'Islamic state' is formed and authorises it (to Ahmedis, an Islamic state does not yet exist). Their actual motto is "Love for all. Hatred for none". And most Ahmedis are an educated, friendly, and largely secular people among South Asian muslims.

[e17jack]

@PakistaniAtheist It's sad isn't it? Abdus Salam did much more for Pakistan than your average Pakistani. Unfortunately this is how PAkistan treats it's heros.

Whats even more sad is the way Ahmadi Muslims are treated in Pakistan yet they are better than most Sunni Muslims (and non-muslims) in nearly every way (Education, morals, etc)

[PakistaniAtheist]

the tragedy is, Dr Abdus Salam belonged to the Ahmediyya sect of Islam and in 1974, a democratic Pakistani government under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto passed a constitutional amendment (pressure to appease Islamist parties) that officially declared Ahmedi sect as non-Muslims and forbid them the right to call themselves Muslims.

Ahmedis (or Qadiyanis as they are called in derogatory terms by most Pakistanis) are treated like 3rd class citizens and regarded as enemies of Pakistan and Islam! PATHETIC!

[SocialLocust]

@redrooster241 Who says that there was necessarily "nothing" before the universe? Maybe existence has always been; it's just taking the form of the universe right now. Who says that existence has to have form at all? Hey, maybe nothing is something. Hell, there could be all sorts of things going on. I have no idea, but there's a lot more reason for me to believe in the Big Bang than in a God.

[serginfl]

wise man! he did say anything about Jesus, who loves him.

[Uluwatusunrise]

@positiveprojtheory1 "Not" would be the more intelligent choice. Alister McGrath's The Dawkin's Delusion explained why. How atheists and tyrants have tried to co-opt evolution to bolster their worldviews were abuses of an excellent theory that Darwin would have grieved.

[writersblock26]

Thank you for posting this, Dragonfire5287.