When asked if he believed in God, Neil Tyson replied that a god would have to be benevolent. Looking around, Tyson said he saw no benevolence within the universe. What do you think?I think the general Christian response--the lack of benevolence Neil Tyson sees is the result of the corruption of creation by sin. Since armies of evangelicals have made it their mission in life to convert Tyson and that would be their explanation for his objection to god’s existence, he has heard that answer numerous times and rejected it without serious consideration.
His answer is the typical one for a secular humanist who has never bothered with Christianity. The underlying meaning for his answer is that he sees no value in seriously exploring the question of whether god exists while planting the seed that whoever asked the question should consider that any benevolence in creation must come from humans.
A more interesting question, one I am certain he has also been asked numerous times and still denied the possibility og god’s existence, is why he does not see the hand of a Designer even if he adamantly believes in evolution. Random chance is such a mathematically impossible occurrence, it is difficult to reject theistic evolution as it is Young Earth Creationism. Tyson certainly does so anyway, but I would like a serious answer as to why.
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