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lizzolz t1_j5e9sh1 wrote

Reply to comment by WrongAspects in Physicist Max Planck on Idealism and the Role of Faith in Science by owlthatissuperb

I don't think this kind of religious persecution existed in the times when these scientists were rising to prominence, and I don't think they were motivated to profess a belief in God out of fear but instead were drawn to things in their studies that, to them, seemed like evidence of intelligent design.

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WrongAspects t1_j5e9zkz wrote

I am sure it did. It was unheard of in society. It simply wasn’t acceptable and you can’t find any major figure from that time that professed to be atheist. Do you think everybody actually believed in God without exception?

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