Depending upon your baseline, belief in a god has declined, dramatically.
And even among all but fundamentalists the areas accounted for by belief in
a god have become narrower and narrower. What Einstein was talking about
was a primum mobile--pretty narrow compared with "he marks the sparrow's fall."
Mark
At 11:24 AM 3/9/2004 +1100, Alison Croggon wrote:
>On 9/3/04 11:08 AM, "Lawrence Upton" <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
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> > I think that's a dodgy line of argument, belieiving in believing /
> > disbelieving scientists
>
>It depends on what you're arguing for - Mark claims that increasing
>explanations for things means that belief in God will logically decline.
>But I was saying that isn't necessarily the case at all, and pointing to
>Einstein as an example (I do believe that Einstein existed).
>
>For the record, I don't believe in God either. But I'm very interested in
>the question.
>
>Best
>
>A
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