Does Science prove God exists or does Science ask questions to its existence?
No. Several centuries ago, some philosophers meant to be able to address the question of God’s existence scientifically. There might still be a few theologists who think this makes sense but I don’t know of any modern scientist who consider God’s existence a scientific issue. Religion is meant to give people a stable fundament for spirituality and ethics, and science is inherently unstable. If scientists were asked to give their professional opinion about God’s existence, they would all disagree, change their opinion all the time, and phrase their answers in scientific language that ordinary people don’t understand. So the way to let science and religion co-exist is to limit the scope of religion so that it does not contradict with science. Science deals with facts. Religion deals with spiritual, metaphysical stuff that can’t be addressed be science. Science can confirm some religious dogma and bust others, but the existence of God is too vague (or abstract, or metaphysical if you like
Science addresses observable facts and draws proveable conclusions. The essence of relgion is belief rather than knowledge. True science cannot answer religious questions and does not try. Bible believers should note the story of the apostle Thomas, who felt the need to verify Jesus’ presence by examining his wounds. Jesus told him that the blessed are those who have not seen yet believe. Faith and knowledge are two very different things, and religionists should not confuse them. On the other hand, science does not seek to refute the existence of God, either. It’s just that when scriptural claims and provable science disagree, the truly wise choose to accept the knowledge that is before them. Many believers, on the other hand, continue to assert that the facts must somehow be wrong, and so go about challenging the facts or dressing up their beliefs (stress BELIEFS) in scientific sheep’s clothing. In sum, there is no way to prove the existence of God. The question cannot be put to an ob
Science and God can co-exist with no contradictions. Neither the “stuff” of science or the “stuff” of God have any relationship until there is a breaking of Natural Law. Even here, though believers hold that God set up Natural Law, nevertheless, science has and will continue to find out that when you break one of these laws there will be a penelty to pay…no, not that God will doom you to the fires of Hell. We will create our own Hell in the process. Just look at the negative stuff that science has produced by crossing the boundry. Actually the boundry, though, as believers hold that it is made by God, it is, as science will ultimately prove, a scientific fact. If there is a relationship between God and the scientist it is simply this; What will the scientist do with the information it gains in its quest for more and more knowledge of the universe? If we came in with “the Big Bang,” we can go out, by our own willingness, go out with a “Big Bang.
I consider myself to be a scientist although it is possible that I don’t fully understand all of the principles of science and scientific method as fully as I would like. I think that scientists create theories about aspects of the Universe and the connections between them and then they test these theories out to see if they accurately predict how things are, how things are connected, how things are related, how things affect each other, how things work and how one set of causes leads to another set of results. Prediction is usually based on the measurement, characteristics and qualities of sets of causes and consequent sets of results. The existing theory or hypothesis is supported if its predictions are validated using many tests with differing initial conditions. The existing theory or hypothesis is invalidated (shown not to be a reliable predictor of results) if the expected results fail to show up when the existing theory or hypothesis is tested. When unpredicted results show up s
Science cannot prove the existence of God. It is part of God’s creation. Unfortunately science as often now defined as materialistic/naturalistic, therefore attempting to rule out a priori the possibility of God. However science does point towards there being a creator – the universe came from somewhere, and it is full of information which must have had an intelligent source. AiG has some good articles on science/philosophy. The following excerpt comes from one: The definition of ‘science’ has haunted philosophers of science in the 20th century. The earlier approach of Bacon, who is considered the founder of the scientific method, was pretty straightforward: observation → induction → hypothesis → test hypothesis by experiment → proof/disproof → knowledge. Of course this, and the whole approach to modern science, depends on two major assumptions: causality and induction. The philosopher Hume made it clear that these are believed by ‘blind faith’ (Bertrand Russell’s words). Kant and Whit
