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Originally Posted by LesMts
What you said shows that you can't fully discount anything. Which is useless. It tells us nothing about reality. It's an impotent point of argument.
I won't deny anyone their right to believe in whatever takes their fancy but, as a scientist, when justifying my beliefs I have to have a reason, something that tells me, yes, this is worth my time.
What you're giving is a poor excuse for avoiding giving a reason.
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Why? I don't need to justify what I am saying and think to anyone!
And what time are you talking about? My time spent meditating is absoloutely worth every second, believe me.
I am glad you are a fully-fledged scientist, I have a Bsc in biological sciences, gained nonetheless over 10 years ago and my memory of it all is therefore not as good as it used to be, but I do try to keep up as much as possible.
I, however, don't see myself as a scientist, but just me, the human, encompassing all my life's experiences.
I don't believe in god nor do I believe any religious text is worth dedicating your own behaviour to, but do not discount the possibility, which as a scientist you can't either, you can only talk in probabilities.
You can infer things from those probabilities, and that is fine, but you cannot 100% discount something, although that happens in science all the time in order to progress theories.
I should add, that belief in something spiritual does not make someone a creationist. Creationism is ridiculous, and should never be taught in science.