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Humanism and Pride Scientists often work for oppressive regimes. In Nazi Germany, many scientists worked on rocket research (and later became part of the US and Soviet space programs). In Iraq scientists worked for Sadaam Hussain devising biological weapons. Their justification is usually the same: they say they are only interested in the science. I've examined the idea of life as being a game previously (‘The Bible Story’). People who myopically see their pet topic without seeing the big picture suffer from the same malaise as business people who walk over others in order to achieve success, or people who kill in order to pay off a debt. They have no perspective on the situation. Women who are in an oppressive marriage with an abusive husband sometimes finish up murdering. They often say that it is impossible to escape from the situation and there seems no alternative to killing their oppressor. I read an interview with a man who had spent years building up his business was able to sell it for a small fortune. He would never want for money. He said the after he sold the company was the darkest time of his life. He felt he had nothing left to live for. His situation was similar to that of people who have spent their life working their way up the corporate ladder, only to be made redundant at middle-age. Their reason for living has gone. There is no perspective. I've mentioned before how people in cyclones, who feel they are about to have their homes destroyed, pray to God. When everything seems lost and someone has reached the bottom, they turn to God – and God always answers. What stops people turning to God is pride, the belief that they can solve their own problems. Atheism is a kind of pride which is built on scientific doctrine. I've examined before that these doctrines (which have very little to do with the scientific method) have replaced a belief in God. In some circles it is called Humanism, the belief that Man can solve all problems, and the inherent assumption that people can understand the causes, and therefore the solutions, to all problems. The way this understanding is supposed to take place is through science. Science has become the new religion and scientists the new priests.