Blacknad wrote:
"A survey in the journal Nature revealed that 40% of American physicists, biologists and mathematicians believe in God--and not just some metaphysical abstraction, but a deity who takes an active interest in our affairs and hears our prayers: the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."
Which all goes to prove that most human and afraid of their own mortality. No surprise. If humans were not hard-wired for "isms" they'd have died out long ago.
To be honest the fact that it is only 40% is amazing given that this country has a fatal attraction with religion. I consider that very good news.
But some of what you quoted is pure nonsense as you have taken phrases like "the mind of god" out of the intended context. Many of my colleagues use phrases such as this to communicate with the lay public and are not personally deists of any colour.
