2006-06-21 20:51:53 · 15 answers · asked by Wiseguy 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
I'm a scientist (molecular virology and proteomics). There have been several studies on this - unfortunately some have been biased by the surveyors trying to prove one thing or another. The best one I've seen was published in the best scientific journal Nature. The study was by Edward J. Larson and Larry Witham: "Leading Scientists Still Reject God." Nature, 1998; 394, 313.
They surveyed scientists at leading research institutions in the USA.
Summary of findings:
Belief in god - 7%
Disbelief in god - 72.2%
Doubt or agnostics - 20.8%
Belief in life after death - 7.9%
Disbelief in life after death - 68.8%
Doubt / agnostic - 23.3%
Physicists and biologists were most likely to disbelieve (94% and 93% respectively). Mathmaticians were the most likely to believe (14%).
In answer to your question, most scientists don't believe in god.
2006-06-22 20:05:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is going to sound like a combination of answers, but here goes. Some scientists believe in God, others do not. However, there is a growing movement in scientific circles whereby they won't actually "admit" to there being a "God..," but are coming to the conclusion that some "intelligent mass" must have created the universe because it is to intricate and detailed to happen by accident. And although many would debate evolution and creationalism, we must remember that the fairytale of "God" is replaced by the fairytale of "Once Upon a Time There was a Big Bang..."
2006-06-21 21:01:16 · answer #2 · answered by BartenderWJT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is it so hard to believe that a scientist would believe in God?
How about the belief that God 'allowed' evolution to create Man? That works for me.
2006-06-22 00:24:15 · answer #3 · answered by PinkPansy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An astrophysicist wrote a book based on scientific statistics for the probability of the universe coming to be by an "accident" or an act of explosion. The result was the atheist became convinced of a God in the universe. Science "proved" this to him.
So... evidently, there are reasons for both believing, or not believing.
2006-06-21 20:56:49 · answer #4 · answered by diasporas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some do, some don't. I doubt that the 'god' that is believed in or disbelieved in resembles in any way the diaper-clad errand boy that many religious people think god is. If you want to know why a scientist does or does not believe in a god, you'll have to ask them yourself.
2006-06-21 20:59:15 · answer #5 · answered by Pandak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scientists are not a cast away from the rest of people!
Anyone could become a scientist. Thus, the brainwash of many generations can be washed out in half generation, to all the population of scientists.
2006-06-21 20:57:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the astronunts thaqt went to the moon came to my church armstrong and the others and they all said they felt the presence of some one like over the shoulders and they believed it must have been god and so if the men in the moon believe so do i
2006-06-21 21:05:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many do and the reason they often give is that they are amazed and in awe of the complexity and and yet incredible balance of what they are studying. Many come to the conclusion it could not have happened randomly.
2006-06-21 21:00:38 · answer #8 · answered by Amber Amber 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though they pretend, they do. Coz, there are many questions left unanswered and taken as mysteries. So they have reasined GOD for reason and causes.
2006-06-21 21:14:52 · answer #9 · answered by Aruntg4u 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ranger brad "oh say,you dont believe in those old legends about the lost skeleton of cadavra do you ?"
roger fleming"ranger brad,I'm a scientist,I dont believe in anything."
quote from funnyest new B horror comedy spoof movie
of all time (The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra).
check it out..................
2006-06-22 03:21:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋