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→Sagan's contradictory statements regarding atheism/agnosticism
On atheism, Sagan commented in 1981: <blockquote>An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God. I know of no such compelling evidence. Because God can be relegated to remote times and places and to ultimate causes, we would have to know a great deal more about the universe than we do now to be sure that no such God exists. To be certain of the existence of God and to be certain of the nonexistence of God seem to me to be the confident extremes in a subject so riddled with doubt and uncertainty as to inspire very little confidence indeed.<ref name="Sagan2006">[[#Head|Head 2006]], [http://books.google.com/books?id=gJ1rDj2nR3EC&pg=PA70 p. 70]</ref></blockquote>
On atheism, Sagan commented in 1981: <blockquote>An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God. I know of no such compelling evidence. Because God can be relegated to remote times and places and to ultimate causes, we would have to know a great deal more about the universe than we do now to be sure that no such God exists. To be certain of the existence of God and to be certain of the nonexistence of God seem to me to be the confident extremes in a subject so riddled with doubt and uncertainty as to inspire very little confidence indeed.<ref name="Sagan2006">[[#Head|Head 2006]], [http://books.google.com/books?id=gJ1rDj2nR3EC&pg=PA70 p. 70]</ref></blockquote>
[[Creation Ministries International]]'s article on atheism declares:
[[Creation Ministries International]]'s article on atheism points out an atheistic statement that Sagan made:
{{cquote|By “nature worship” and “neo-paganism” I refer to the atheist’s tendency to replace a sense of awe of God and seeking transcendence by relating to God with seeking awe and transcendence in nature. This natural high, as it were, is not merely enjoyed but it is enjoined and said to be holier than theism.
{{cquote|By “nature worship” and “neo-paganism” I refer to the atheist’s tendency to replace a sense of awe of God and seeking transcendence by relating to God with seeking awe and transcendence in nature. This natural high, as it were, is not merely enjoyed but it is enjoined and said to be holier than theism.