The apparent discovery of the Higgs boson particle nicknamed the God particle is exciting (this link explains a little more about it http://bit.ly/N8P3GP).
At first when it was released that there would be an announcement on the discovery of Higgs boson I saw several atheists jump all over this. It surprised me because to my recollection this discovery would do nothing to disprove the existence of God. Come to find out it was a case of some not understanding science and assuming because of the particles nickname they it would be proof of no God. (The article explains the nickname http://bit.ly/N8P3GP).
I find it ironic that a vocal group that opposes the existence of God based on science has very little knowledge of science. Clearly not all atheists are this uniformed about science but many of the one's who make noise are especially the "celebrity" atheists we see in the media. I even saw it called Higgs Dixon (boson is the particle that Higgs predicted. I'm not sure who Dixon is.) by an atheist who said they'd been following it closely. To be fair many theists show similar ignorance on their own position and I'm equally critical of them.
The discovery of the particle that was predicted is a huge one that should be celebrated. A Noble prize may even come out of this. However don't believe all the proclamations you read or are implied that this somehow does away with God. Read up on it and decide for yourself.
EDIT: The person who called it Higgs Dixon let me know that was just a mistake. They had made multiple posts on Higgs boson within a FB dicussion but corrected me and said they had never claimed to follow it closely they were just following it.
At first when it was released that there would be an announcement on the discovery of Higgs boson I saw several atheists jump all over this. It surprised me because to my recollection this discovery would do nothing to disprove the existence of God. Come to find out it was a case of some not understanding science and assuming because of the particles nickname they it would be proof of no God. (The article explains the nickname http://bit.ly/N8P3GP).
I find it ironic that a vocal group that opposes the existence of God based on science has very little knowledge of science. Clearly not all atheists are this uniformed about science but many of the one's who make noise are especially the "celebrity" atheists we see in the media. I even saw it called Higgs Dixon (boson is the particle that Higgs predicted. I'm not sure who Dixon is.) by an atheist who said they'd been following it closely. To be fair many theists show similar ignorance on their own position and I'm equally critical of them.
The discovery of the particle that was predicted is a huge one that should be celebrated. A Noble prize may even come out of this. However don't believe all the proclamations you read or are implied that this somehow does away with God. Read up on it and decide for yourself.
EDIT: The person who called it Higgs Dixon let me know that was just a mistake. They had made multiple posts on Higgs boson within a FB dicussion but corrected me and said they had never claimed to follow it closely they were just following it.
Another article on the Higgs boson discovery: http://bit.ly/NlYIsG
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