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Jul 10, 2014 · “ I am not an atheist. An atheist is someone who has compelling evidence that there is no Judeo-Christian-Islamic God. I am not that wise, but neither do I consider there to be anything approaching...
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Apr 7, 2015 · Carl Sagan On The Issue Of ‘God’. 7th April 2015 Written by Johny Krahbichler. The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God.
4 days ago · Helge Kragh. Carl Sagan, American astronomer and science writer. A popular and influential figure in the United States, he was controversial in scientific, political, and religious circles for his views on extraterrestrial intelligence.
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When astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan wrote his novel Contact in 1985, the religious reverberations of the Fermi Paradox were very much on his mind. The novel tells the story of the brilliant radio astronomer Ellie Arroway, who devotes her professional life to the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
In reply to a question in 1996 about his religious beliefs, Sagan answered, "I'm agnostic." [126] Sagan maintained that the idea of a creator God of the Universe was difficult to prove or disprove and that the only conceivable scientific discovery that could challenge it would be an infinitely old universe. [127]
Jun 12, 2013 · In 1996, mere months before his death, the great Carl Sagan (November 9, 1934–December 20, 1996) — cosmic sage, voracious reader, hopeless romantic — explored the relationship between the scientific and the spiritual in The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (public library). He writes:
Feb 9, 2023 · Thinking — February 9, 2023. Why Carl Sagan believed that science is a source of spirituality. Science will lead us to a universal morality and a cosmic religion. Credit: Étienne Léopold...