tempem:
Faith


WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS “Without faith it is impossible to
please God well, for whoever approaches God must believe
that he is and that he becomes the rewarder of those
earnestly seeking him.”— Hebrews 11:6 .

onetrack:


Even if god existed, I would have no desire to please him. In any case the Bible is not proof of any god, rather it is proof that people can write books claiming that there is a god.

cloudgoddess:
You can have confidence in a belief and it still be wrong. You can be "convicted" and still be completely wrong. That is what Christians are.

You say you need evidence to believe in your god, but outside of personal emotions, illusions of the mind, and the bible (which itself is chock full of contradictions and inconsistencies) there is no evidence supporting the works supposedly carried out by the supernatural entities of Christianity. No external, independently verified evidence that proves the God of Abraham and Jesus as any more valid as the Hindu god Krishna.

Also, for every atheist that returned to religion, there are likely at least 1000 religious people who turned atheist. It takes a very confused, fragmented, and probably emotionally-driven mind to go from reason back to irrationality. Then again though, people who are raised atheist usually didn't reason their way to atheism in the first place, so such people are still vulnerable to being sucked in to comforting religious dogmas.

tempem:

What's your level of education?

Here is a Prof who was formally an Atheist. You could read what later made him changed his view.



PROFESSOR František Vyskočil of Charles University, Prague,
is internationally known for his research in neurophysiology.
Once an atheist, he now firmly believes in God. In an
interview with Awake! Professor Vyskočil explains why he
changed his viewpoint.
What was your view of religion before you started your career
in science?
I was raised an atheist, and my father often made fun of the
clergy. I graduated from college in 1963 with degrees in
biology and chemistry. In my school years, I believed that the
theory of evolution explained life’s diversity.
Tell us a little about your career in science.
In my postdoctoral work, I studied the chemical and electrical
properties of nerve synapses. I also studied neurons,
membrane pumps, transplantation, and drug desensitization.
Many of the results have been published, and some articles
have been selected as classical. In time, I became a member
of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic, a community of
scientists chosen by their peers. After the December 1989
“Velvet Revolution,” I became a professor at Charles
University and was allowed to travel to the West to meet with
colleagues, some of whom were Nobel laureates.
Did you ever think about God?
In a sense, yes. At times, I wondered why many highly
educated people, including some of my professors, believed in
God—albeit quietly because of the Communist regime. To me,
however, God was a human invention. I had also been
outraged by atrocities committed in the name of religion.
How did you come to change your view of evolution?
My doubts about evolution began when I was studying
synapses. I was deeply impressed by the amazing complexity
of these supposedly simple connections between nerve cells.
‘How,’ I wondered, ‘could synapses and the genetic programs
underlying them be products of mere blind chance?’ It really
made no sense.
Then, in the early 1970’s, I attended a lecture by a famous
Russian scientist and professor. He stated that living
organisms cannot be a result of random mutations and
natural selection. Someone in the audience then asked where
the answer lay. The professor took a small Russian Bible from
his jacket, held it up, and said, “Read the Bible—the creation
story in Genesis in particular.”
Later, in the lobby, I asked the professor if he was serious
about the Bible. In essence, he replied: “Simple bacteria can
divide about every 20 minutes and have many hundreds of
different proteins, each containing 20 types of amino acids
arranged in chains that might be several hundred long. For
bacteria to evolve by beneficial mutations one at a time would
take much, much longer than three or four billion years, the
time that many scientists believe life has existed on earth.”
The Bible book of Genesis, he felt, made much more sense.
How did the professor’s comments affect you?
His observations, along with my own nagging doubts, moved
me to discuss the subject with several religious colleagues
and friends, but I found their views unconvincing. Then I
spoke to a pharmacologist who was one of Jehovah’s
Witnesses. For three years he explained the Bible to me and
my wife, Ema. Two things amazed us. First, traditional
“Christianity” actually has little in common with the Bible.
Second, the Bible, though not a science book, actually
harmonizes with true science.
Has your change of view hindered your scientific research?
Not at all. Every good scientist, regardless of his beliefs, must
be as objective as possible. But my faith has changed me.
For one thing, instead of being overly self-confident, highly
competitive, and unduly proud of my scientific skills, I am now
grateful to God for any abilities I may have. Also, instead of
unfairly attributing the amazing designs manifest in creation
to blind chance, I and not a few other scientists ask
ourselves, ‘How did God design this?’

tempem:

What's your level of education?

Here is a Prof who was formally an Atheist. You could read what later made him changed his view.

Later, in the lobby, I asked the professor if he was serious
about the Bible. In essence, he replied: “Simple bacteria can
divide about every 20 minutes and have many hundreds of
different proteins, each containing 20 types of amino acids
arranged in chains that might be several hundred long. For
bacteria to evolve by beneficial mutations one at a time would
take much, much longer than three or four billion years, the
time that many scientists believe life has existed on earth.”
The Bible book of Genesis, he felt, made much more sense.
How did the professor’s comments affect you?

tempem:




And you, raised an atheist?

cloudgoddess:
Nope. Raised Christian, became atheist in adulthood.

onetrack:


Even if god existed, I would have no desire to please him. In any case the Bible is not proof of any god, rather it is proof that people can write books claiming that there is a god.

ValentineMary:
The story of d professor is really funny. 4 billion.years is not enough for bacteria to evolve but 6,000 is enough for humans to get to their complex state Ever heard of why plasmodium falciparium is now resistant to peniciline? or ever heard of drug resistance in bacteria?

Religion can blind even d most educated.

lepasharon:


Plasmodium falciparum no be bacteria bro

ValentineMary:
The story of d professor is really funny. 4 billion.years is not enough for bacteria to evolve but 6,000 is enough for humans to get to their complex state Ever heard of why plasmodium falciparium is now resistant to peniciline? or ever heard of drug resistance in bacteria?

Religion can blind even d most educated.