“You can’t convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it’s based on a deep seated need to believe.”
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Carl Sagan. The title of today’s but does if float. Whilst I concur with the second half of the quotation, I feel very uneasy about the first statement.
berezina replies:
“Scientists have faith that the material world can be explained through observation and logic. So do religious people - at least up to the occurrence of miracles - but also have faith in something beyond observation and logic.”
