Might be that you do not hang out in scientific, physics, or astronomy circles. I have known of this brilliant man for a couple of decades and am surprised to hear his say such things. I respect his intellect but am astounded that he espouses things that normal folk call "faith".
“For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountain of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.”
Robert Jastrow
I stumbled into somebody, Ivan Panin, who may have been famous at one time, but I had never heard of him.
Part of his bio was he ‘tutored’ Albert Einstein. And did studies and compiled a Numerics New Testament that followed a math pattern- and that pattern isn’t how the New Testament is compiled today- It was fascinating stuff.
I dowloaded a pdf copy of his Numerics New Testament and find it interesting how his mathmatic studies led him to put the books in the order he has.
From memory, Mathew, Mark, Luke and John and Acts were in the same spot- So was Revelation.
The epistles weren’t. But again, his premise was there was a numeric code in all of the New Testament ‘books’ and that is why he placed them in the order he did.
Fascinating!
Being smart does not rule out faith One could argue only the smartest admit there is a God. God calls those who do not believe fools.