Atheists ! If Science cannot stop man from self-destruction ?
And from destroying the planet ? In what or whom are you piutting your trust for the security and welll being of yourself and your family ?
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answers:
MARK say: I have no need to put it in anybody. I know that science is likely to produce far greater benefits than we would have without it.
Science can not be held accountable for what may be the extinction of humans and making the planet uninhabitable to many other species. That is because scientists can produce knowledge but they can not force people to accept it or governments to act.
Of course, not blindly putting my faith in anyone will have the same outcome as would putting it in to some deity.
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Cowboy say: From now on ya put all your trust in Voldamort.....
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Jeffrey K say: That's right. Science can not stop man from destroying himself. That is not what science is designed to do. Science is used to learn about the laws of nature and objects in nature. And it does a good job at that.
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Yoda say: This question makes an assumption that I know by experience to be wrong: there are many Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists etc working in science.
You've aimed your question at Atheists which suggests you think there is a link between atheists and science. If this were so, Christians wouldn't take part in science, neither would any followers of a Judaism derived religion.
Apart from this issue with your question, if it were not for science, you wouldn't have food to eat. There are now so many people on this planet that in order to produce enough food, we have had to employ scientific method to automate and industrialise the production of food. If that effort were badly effected, billions of humans would starve.
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Doc say: Science can't change human nature chuckles. It identified the problem of things like climate change. But it can't change the minds of the political parties who refuse to act on it. What about Antivaccers ? You have a preacher telling people at church, that vaccination causes homosexuality.
Preventable diseases are on the rise again as a result. Children are the ones at risk. All because you want to spite science.
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elj2017c say: By virtue of the fact that Jehovah is the earth’s Creator, the entire planet belongs to him, and its future rests in his hands. (Deuteronomy 10:14; Psalm 89:11) The problems of mankind are not beyond God’s ability to handle.
God’s will is not for the earth to be inhabited by people who have no regard for its Owner and little love for one another. Long ago he promised: “Evildoers themselves will be cut off, but those hoping in Jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth. The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it.” (Psalm 37:9, 29) “
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Den B7 say: In some cases, hasn't science contributed to the earth's destruction, with nuclear bombs, plastics and chemicals?
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Lone Star Patriot say: It remains to be seen whether science can reverse the effects of manmade climate change. Their are carbon recapture programs, increased regulation on single-use plastics, efforts to clean up the oceans, etc.
The most significant obstacle is right wing climate denialism. The petrochemical industry spent billions convincing conservatives that Al Gore is involved in a global hoax with the world's scientists to take your tax dollars.
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Logos Lore say: Then we better learn, otherwise we could very likely destroy ourselves.
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The Real Grim Grady say: There was no punchline.
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Vincent G say: Surely I cannot count on a 'god'. When was the last time you prayed your country out of a hurricane and tornadoes; the world against earthquake, tsunamis, some acquaintance out of cancer or the US out of Trump?
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CarolOklaNola say: Myself,my neighbors, some of whom are armed licensed, local., state and federal law enforcement. If I want to commit suicide, I don't need a gun or a knife.
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frombrum say: Prove it can't
And by your own logic if you can it must be true
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poldi2 say: You are suggesting to put our faith in a deity with no proof it exists and no history of saving anyone. Riiight...
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Nous say: But that is your silly fantasy and shows clearly why Christianity has become such a laughingstock because of people like you!
Which extremist sect or cult indoctrinated you to believe that God was not clever enough to use the big bang, evolution and science as his tools?
Pope Francis says the theories of evolution and the Big Bang are real and God is not “a magician with a magic wand” putting an end to the “pseudo theories” of creationism and intelligent design! So the Catholic Church, Church of England and mainstream churches all accept the big bang and evolution!
Lord Carey the former Archbishop of Canterbury put it rather well – “Creationism is the fruit of a fundamentalist approach to scripture, ignoring scholarship and critical learning, and confusing different understandings of truth”!
Christian Fundamentalist is a complete contradiction in terms!
CHRISTIAN – A follower or believer in Jesus.
FUNDAMENTALIST One who believes the Bible is literally true and must be followed exactly.
Therefore they are followers of the bible and not Jesus making them non Christians!
But worse is to follow it also makes them ideologists.
IDEOLOGY An idea that is false or held for the wrong reasons but is believed with such conviction as to be irrefutable.
So Christians have a loving and forgiving god and fundamentalist - well - Just are not Christians!
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Symos say: Not fictional characters
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Andymcj78 - Atheist say: We don't live in a utopia and mankind faces an uncertain future but there are no solutions that involve any supernatural deities so we need to rely on our own efforts.
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Professor say: Well, since you are asking atheists, you must be looking for a "GODHASTODOIT answer, right?
In my fellow Man, I trust.
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Squidmaster say: Because science CAN do those things.
We just haven;t worked out how yet.
Why? After millennia, religion doesn't seem to have fixed anything either!
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Bryce say: Gods are useless, worthless, and totally unreliable.
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Acetek say: not your god that is for sure. your god is worthless.
As for the survival of the species I have to put my trust in my fellow man to not blow us all up.
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