Week7, Harold Croto, Beyond Belief 8

Oh my goodness, what is up with these people who are professionalsand have something against religious views? Harold Croto's slideshow was great to view, but I just do not think that his ideas ofpeople who believe in a religion are made to look ignorant in hispoint of view. He makes religion seem as the enemy of science. In thesense that science is the only possible way and is the only outcometo describe the topic and human life and the universe, is I thinkincorrect. Of course he is someone who is trying to use technologyto help and teach individuals to have a better understanding aboutscience, but I think that demeaning religion by stating "the scale ofthe problem is money, which helps these religious organizations getahead" Is totally wrong. I am catholic, and at no time in my lifehas anybody told me that it is a requirement for me to give money tothe church because it is mandatory. If I decide to donate money tomy church, is because I wish to do so.He also mentions that the pope believes that scientists are a threatto religion and I would question what kind of proof does he have toback up his claim? If scientists beliefs are that God does not existand there is no possibility that God is the creator of everything,than of course I would understand why the pope would feel thatscience is the enemy for religion. But it works both ways. It is upto the individual to get educated and not just base their findings ononly one type of data, but rather many. For example, Croto disagreeson what Senator Lott says when he is talking about the issue ofeducation. I agree with the senator's statement in which he saysthat science and math should be a requirement if the student decidesto go into the fields that deal with science and math, such asbiology, physics, mathematics and so forth. I disagree that scienceand math should be ignored since Science and math are the foundationsfor students to get a better understanding of literature in thesciences and math. But it shouldn't be eliminated. I found that hislecture was not relevant to the real topic, which is religion versusscience; instead I found it as a broken record repeating what othersspeakers have already spoke about in the other sessions of BeyondBelief.