Just as a matter of statistics how many of you Mathematicians and Scientists are Atheists?

Question

I am a professed Atheist and I fit Mathematician and Scientist. What say you?

Answer 1

I am an atheist, but through my research and mental tinkering, I am starting to figure out the greater purpose of all things.

I personally think it is rediculous to imagine a God figure that thinks and has a personality, emotions, the whole lot. God is supposed to be beyond time.. so how could this being be capable of thought. I hate using the word God becuase I think it is a cheap way out of answering deep questions about reality.

There is an underlying basic format for all forces in nature, all particles of matter, everything. I think I have stumbled upon a Unified Field Theory.

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Answer 2

To start with, this is me. always or may be off topic. to me i think an atheist should be a very serious person. should not be intellectually wanting, why? cause if you hear about heaven and h**l, it takes on a big fool to snuff it out compulsorily without checking the facts well. about the phrase '' occam's razor'', i just checked the meaning on wiki and i think you used it wron ...., actually you shoudn't have used it. it's not about deducing from given facts which lead from one tree, it's about striking off competing theories that are more than one.well, I thought as much. idolaters might be smart, but atheists are DUMB! (don't want to go into details)

Answer 3

I'm not a scientist... I'm just a student, but I am an atheist. But this has nothing to do with my study of science, it just has to do with a lot of thought and debating over whether there is a God or not... and I came to the conclusion that he isn't real through my own reasoning... science didn't affect my decision, though my decision affected my study of science.

EDIT: Well, I've always thought of myself to be a fairly logical person. I asked myself if I, myself, was willing to believe in God. The main thing that I thought about was: If God is real, then why did I have to be *taught* about God? If God was real, wouldn't he have made me to know that he was real? Thats what I came to. But before I became an atheist, I completely disregarded the big bang theory and evolution... I also hardly understood them. It wasn't until I became an atheist that I actually learned about these things, and learned the enormous amount of evidence supporting them.

Studying science has made me even more sure that there was no God. At first, I didn't believe in him, but I didn't completely dismiss the entire idea. As I studied science, I learned that we simply didn't need a God to keep the universe in order. But I came upon my initial conclusion by just thinking about certain things. The major blow was when my grandfather died. If God loved me, why would he take something away from me that I loved to so much? I could have  just rationalized, but instead I lost my faith, and now I am very glad that I did.

Also, if God was real, then why would he *allow* multiple religions?

Answer 4

You are neither mathematician nor scientist if you think that you can obtain an accurate statistical sampling here.

Answer 5

I'm sort of an ex-professional. I could handle physics work. I couldn't deal with the politics without getting physical. Which caused me some problems for a while. But today I just look to contribute whatever I can. At the moment, I'm considering buying a TI-89 Titanium just so I can write TI-89T BASIC celestial mechanics programs and spread them around, thus giving undergraduate astronomy students cheats galore.

But, yeah, I'm an atheist.

Answer 6

I'm not an Atheist......i'm a scientologist........just kidding........i'm a Heathen Ásatrú.

(Note: I don't let my beliefs rule or impair my judgements)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asatru

Answer 7

According to various surveys, the proportion of atheists is highest among biologists, then astronomers, then physicists, then geologists, then chemists, and mathematicians are the least likely to be atheists. However, taken as a group, mathematicians and scientists are far more likely to be atheists than others. That's because they have a better grasp of the real world than the general public.

Answer 8

I saw it somewhere on the Internet, the percentages of atheists among scientists as high as 93% and as low as 25%. The number that seems to crop up most often is 60%, but that seems to include all who are non-religious, and not all believers in God are religious (i.e. deists). I also a scientist myself but I personally still believe in God, since there are still so many mysteries that have not been solved and cannot be explained by science, I will continuing to believe in God until all of those mysteries solved and proven.

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I actually believe in God as The Cause, since we have not been able to know what was it there before the 'Big Bang', how can it actually happened by itself, provided some theories but it still not enough, there must be a Cause, something or somewhat that trigger it, and what lies outside the universe? is it really what we call 'nothing'? we never know, that's why I still believe in God as the cause. I'm a Buddhist, and I don't really consider Buddha as a God, I choose Buddha because of the great teaching, a religion is basically made to make people to go in order, keeping them to stay out of doing evil things, I personally think there is nothing wrong to believe in a good teaching.

Answer 9

I'm an atheist. I've always enjoyed Douglas Adams's musings on God.

I believe in finding truth through experimentation. In the considerable volume of observational physical science, nothing has been observed that in any way suggests any supernatural phenomena at all, let alone an omnipotent omniscient guy who looks just like Us. No sign at all.

However, there is ample evidence to suggest the human psyche invents these sort of ideas, to shield it from the fact the world's a confusing and dangerous place. Since I am comfortable with my vast ignorance, I'm okay with the idea it is what it is — incomprehensibly bizarre and surprising and wonderful. And observably real!