[Posted Aug 5, 2010]

Scientist pissed off that more Americans don't embrace Scientific Beliefs

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

So it's come down to a matter of belief: belief in evolution, belief in the Big Bang... But why should anyone agree with or believe in proposals and theories that are in constant state of flux? Even in the last few months there have been several challenges to the Big Bang theory

Scientific American August, 2010 - LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS

Faith and Foolishness: When Religious Beliefs Become Dangerous

Every two years the National Science Foundation produces a report, Science and Engineering Indicators, designed to probe the public’s understanding of science concepts. And every two years we relearn the sad fact that U.S. adults are less willing to accept evolution and the big bang as factual than adults in other industrial countries.

When presented with the statement “human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals,” just 45 percent of respondents indicated “true.” Compare this figure with the affirmative percentages in Japan (78), Europe (70), China (69) and South Korea (64). Only 33 percent of Americans agreed that “the universe began with a big explosion.” go to story

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Running on speculation

Theories that leave God out of the equations A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

The atheist class of men, they do not agree to accept that this material world is created by God. They give some reason of their own way of thinking, and most of the arguments are "perhaps like this, perhaps like this, perhaps like this." What is this nonsense, "perhaps"? Is that science? "Perhaps"? more

Believe or don't believe, law is law

excerpt from conversation, Honolulu, May 26, 1976

PRABHUPADA: When it is law, you believe or not believe, rascal, it will be effective, if it is a law. You believe, I don't believe, if I commit theft I'll not be punished. So what is your belief? As soon as you commit theft, you'll be punished. You believe or not believe. That is law. What is the value of your belief? Rascal may believe that "I'm not going to be old man. I shall remain young man." Believe or not believe, must become old man. What is the value of your belief? Trust no future. You believe or not believe, there is future. What is value of your belief? Where do you.... You have complete control? Here the law is "Keep to the right." You don't believe. Now "Why shall I keep to the right? I shall go to the left." Immediately you'll be punished. You have to believe. I'll do wrong way, see the result. Immediately there's ticket. So what is the value of your belief? The law is law. Ignorance is no excuse for law. You have committed something wrong, and in the court you're going to be punished. If you say the clerk, "Sir, I did not know that by committing this act how I shall be, I will have to be punished." That is not excuse. Your ignorance they do not believe; you must go. That is the law. It is called foolishness. "They believe," "I think," "It may be." This is science. This is their proposition: "It may be," "I think," "I believe." What is the value of this? And everywhere you'll find all these philosophers, scientists, and they'll talk like this, nonsense: "I believe," "It may be." Believe in the words of Krishna. But he believes himself. You see? Krishna says it is this. That he doesn't believe. But he has become more than Krishna, he'll believe something is correct. This is his foolishness. Mudha [ass]. You believe in the words of Krishna, who is worshiped by everyone. Hm? But you won't. You believe in your conviction. "I believe." So what you are? First consider in comparison to Krishna.

DEVOTEE: Nothing.

PRABHUPADA: Still he believes his own conviction. Don't believe Krishna. DEVOTEE: Everyone feels he's the center of everything.

PRABHUPADA: But he's not. That is his another foolishness. Even in this state, I am not center. I cannot do whatever I like. I have to believe the law. There is law, and it's sanity. And if he says, "I am the center. I am the monarch of all I survey," that is foolishness. He believes in his foolishness, that's all. If I claim, "I am the monarch of Hawaii," is that belief correct? "I am the center of everything. I am moving this." And this rascal's meditation is like this: "I am moving the sun. I am moving the moon." The meditation.

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