Maybe I don't post the quality material that I used to (I am tired of it all these days).
In anycase, I thought I would repost a response I gave here just because I know some of you guys will at least read it.
Someone in the atheist thread responded to my assertion that disbelief was higher among scientist with
"May I refer you to "Mormon Scholars testify?".
I responded as follows:
"For what? A tiny list of exceptions that I already know about? I never said all scientists are atheists.
I am only pointing out how strange it is that people bring up these subjects like complexity as if such considerations nearly prove the existence of God, when many (maybe most) of those who know about the complexity of the universe in greatest detail are apparently not so moved to believe.
In my own small way I am one of them. I am a PhD mathematician well versed in physics and have read more nonfiction science books than any other kind of book by a factor of ten (well, philosophy books are also high on my list). This pursuit of science and its theological implications has been going on like an obsession for around 35 years. In my case, the more I get into it, the less reason I see for believing in a personal God. I am far from alone.
On my street, no one is an atheist but in the hallway where my office is, close to half are atheist/agnostic or at least irreligious. In biology departments at top universities such as Berkeley, Cal Tech, MIT etc. I venture an educated guess that the overwhelming majority do not believe in a personal God.
http://www.stephenja...ws/file002.html
Finally, I would like to point out that the testimonies found on Mormon Scholars Testify are generally more restrained in tone, generally less assertive of supernatural realities and less expressive of revelatory certainty than most testimonies I have heard given by housewives in testimony meetings that I have attended.
As my mother once pointed out, intellectuals in the church seem to have relatively weaker testimonies and watered down, slightly secularized understandings of the gospel. I think she is on to something.
I chuckle to imagine what my dear old mother would think of Mfbukowski's assertion that truth isn't eternal. lol
Ultimately, scientific literacy is not really faith promoting and philosophical dilettantism just produces stillborn nonsense when bred in captivity with Mormon theology. many seem to feel that the trick is to rework the gospel a bit and lower expectations about prophet-hood, scriptural accuracy and personal revelation. (no global flood, ancient earth, no tower of Babel, LGT, catalyst theories of the Book of Abraham and the ad hoc two headed monster theories that combine evolution with Adam.)"