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Sorry to drag this back to the top, but it seems (clearly inspired by this thread) that these two worlds are about to come together for what I assume will be rather more formal discussion: BBC News - Big Bang and religion mixed in Cern debate

That's the weirdest question I've ever heard, quite genuinely. I can't speak for everybody, but personally I'm not killing people because it'd be wrong. Of course it matters. You don't have to be religious to comprehend right and wrong, to define a moral code and live by it. Are you genuinely...

I know exactly what you said, but you clearly didn't read what I said. Not spot the bit about '...the desperate search for a reason why life should exist, when there need be no such thing...'? There doesn't have to be a 'why'. There just is. We're merely apes with sufficiently enlarged brains...

Stewart, this one's addressed at you. Speaking as an extremely happy individual, who had a fortunate, loving upbringing from two parents who are still together, who has (I believe) a strong and functional moral code, a long-term girlfriend on whom I've never cheated and a very, very strong...