maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - Are a lot of you people religious?

	Sopwith	2010-04-13 , 23:31
	Posts: 337 \| Thanked: 283 times \| Joined on Nov 2009 @ NYC	#36

Originally Posted by cardiff-blues

Why do some people assume that you have to be mental to be a Christian? Some of the greatest minds from science have been religious. Were they all mad?

Speaking from a UK perspective, most of the biggest charities were established by Christians and so if being one makes you a mad person who wants to help others then I am proud to say that I am mad.

Cardiff-blues, when were the greatest minds that you're talking about born? Don't you think that in the past being a scientist has already drawn unwanted attention from the church, so it has been perhaps safest to declare oneself a devoted believer, even if one doesn't give a rat's @ss about god? Plus, the people with the money that can fund science have historically been religious. I'd sign up for any (moderate) religion in a heartbeat if I knew that would ensure I got to do whatever I am passionate about in peace...

If it helps my point, here's some statistics from the "heathen" UK from Wikipedia, notice the trend in the past 30 years...

E pur si muove!

__________________
In anticipation of TMO's obsolescence, and hoping to meet you all again: elsewhere on the interwebs, I am Dr Doppio.