13 Responses to “Mr. Deity and the Messages”

1. 1.   rash Says:
   May 25th, 2007 at 12:43 pm

   I approve! Funny stuff

2. 2.   Quasar9 Says:
   May 25th, 2007 at 2:15 pm

   Funny, what makes humans different from most things in the cosmos, is that everything in the cosmos seems to follow a pre-determined(?) path, even the chaotic(?) weather. Whereas humans reserve the right to be freely irrational.

   The other paradox is that humans need Nature (or a friendly environment) whereas Nature or the environment does not need humans.
   Equally if humans (and ‘living’ things) and Earth disappear from the Cosmos, will the Universe notice? – I think (probably) not, lol!

   Yet, it is important(?) to us(?) to understand the Universe(?)

3. 3.   Khurram Says:
   May 25th, 2007 at 5:43 pm

   What’s Mr. Deity talkin’ ’bout? I blame God everytime something bad happens!
   You’ll get yours God; Come Judgement Day, you’ll get yours.

4. 4.   Behappy Says:
   May 25th, 2007 at 10:15 pm

   I used to like this site alot in the past, as time progressed i see many of the contributors are involved more and more into fighting, mocking and going against anything related to god or beleif.

   I started to have the impression that they are inventing new kind of discimination, that one has to be a non believer to be a scientist, or a candidate for one, this is so sad and make me really feel sick.

   What is wrong with a scientist who believes in god? or a string theorist who believes in god?

   I see some scientists are trying to push the limits of their theories to disprove the existance of god, instead of mereley focusing on scientific research (may be they are trying to do like those who use science to prove the existance of god). They mention that over and over to the point it became a belief that string theory and believing in god cannot coexist.

   It is sad that the scientific community will lose lots of brilliant believers who love science, because of this tendancy by some icons in the scientific community who will mock religions or beliefs and make sure that anybody who believes in god will be forbidden from getting into PhD programs, let alone finding a tenure in academia. I find this issue pretty much similar to the discrimination against women in science, and other sorts of discriminations.

   Like the saying, live and let live, i would say, disbelieve and let believe!!

   peace

5. 5.   PK Says:
   May 26th, 2007 at 5:03 am

   Behappy, there are very strict laws both in the US and Europe to prevent that from happening, and I don’t know of any case where someone was denied tenure because (s)he believed in God. The only case that comes close is that of Guillermo Gonzales, and there it was not the belief in God per se, but the fact that he wrote an anti-scientific book on ID.

   The cool thing about blogs is that you can cherry-pick what to read, so I suggest you skip the posts with an anti-religious flavour.

6. 6.   The Yellow Bandicoot Says:
   May 26th, 2007 at 5:15 am

   Dear behappy-

   I don’t believe that cosmic variance is really having a go at religion per se. I think the main issue is really the fact that there should be a marked disconnect between church and state. Nothing is wrong with philosophising about God, or many Gods, or the metaphysical implications of humanity’s place in the universe- in fact, I think fairly poorly of people who take issue with the idiosyncratic and harmless beliefs of people on these issues, which bear no relevance to science anyway.

   However, when believers impose their will in another area- like mainstream politics, or even try to redefine science in terms of their nonscientific thought processes- that is when there is a problem. When people are unable to make sensible decisions on policy, education or otherwise, because they are hamstrung by people who believe something in particular, that is when there is a problem. When people try to force their ideas on other people in an illogical and manipulative fashion (eg intelligent design peeps over evolution in schools) that is where there is a problem- and of course it works the other way, too. Scientists should understand that there are certain questions about the universe and our place in it which are beyond the realm of scientific enquiry to explain, mainly because the questions are poorly defined, and let the religious philosophers do their philosophising!

   I think you will find that, after much soulsearching, this attitude, or something fairly similar, is what most reasonable agnostics take after a while.

   Anyway, I do hope that this doesn’t become a serious discussion! More quips needed please =)!

7. 7.   wagner Says:
   May 26th, 2007 at 6:18 am

   I have a friend that (even today) gets mad if a GOD subject comes out in a conversation. But I never forget when he got a kidney problem (stones on it), he said that he prayed all night long. hahaha… human beings are very interesting.

8. 8.   sinophysiker Says:
   May 26th, 2007 at 11:12 am

   well, seems god uses the same model of cell phone as mine.

   let’s pray for treo 650.

9. 9.   spyder Says:
   May 26th, 2007 at 11:55 am

   well then, it is time to have some fun with this:
   http://quizfarm.com/run.php/Quiz?quiz_id=34703

10. 10.   CapitalistImperialistPig Says:
    May 26th, 2007 at 8:02 pm

    I noticed that there wasn’t a prayer for string theory. Coincidence?

    I think not.

11. 11.   Cynthia Says:
    May 26th, 2007 at 9:05 pm

    Come now, CIP, string theory is far too robust to be resorting to prayer. And if there’s a theory of quantum gravity which is in desperate need of a prayer, then I’d say it’s LQG!

12. 12.   Analyzer Says:
    May 29th, 2007 at 4:44 pm

    What’s the difference between God and Lenny Susskind?

    God doesn’t think he’s Lenny Susskind.

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    June 7th, 2007 at 1:40 pm

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