What place does God have in science, if any?

Answer 1

None whatsoever. God is the biggest roadblock in the path of Science.

Answer 2

God told the hebrews not to eat pigs, among other 'unclean' animals because at that time they had no technology or ability to understand about germs, cooking temperatures etc. He also told the Hebrews to circumcise their children on or about the 7th day of life, apparently that is also the same time when our vitamin K (the clotting vitamin) is at its highest levels, did the priests know that? There are a number of interesting facts about 'the commandments' (there were more, many more, than ten). A lot of our current moral ideas and laws come from those very commandments, not from cave men (which I do believe in, by the way, not Adam and Eve).

There are inconsistencies in the Bible, but also in science. One day science might prove the existence of a designing force (not an old man on a cloud with a white beard).


I don't necessarily believe in a vengeful father figure. I just find it interesting that the Bible mentions the world being round, and hanging in space, also the items above, all of which are scientific facts in origin, there are other interesting facts mentioned in the Bible that would appear to have been beyond the knowledge of the people of the time. But maybe we underestimate the abilities and knowledge of our ancestors.

Science describes order in the universe, our DNA is a hugely complex code, yet no one would believe if I showed them a computer printout of a complex 'game' program (for example) and said it occurred naturally.

I believe in evolution, but as something that was meant to happen, like making an open ended program that can develop to more complex patterns. I don't think 'God' has a hand in daily events, like the weather or 'putting food on our plates'. More like a scientist who has started a ball rolling then sat back to see what happens.


Any comments?

Answer 3

God is Philosophy - Science is beyond God.

The Bible is nothing but a pack of lies that don't stand up to science in the light of day. After all, if god was so great, and he created pigs, why did he tell everyone not to eat them? We now know, thanks to science, that a pig is OK to eat if you just cook it enough. This proves that God didn't tell anybody about pigs, but a bunch of dopey priests told us - and what else might these dopey priests tell us that isn't true?

Science is great because is predicts the future based on known principles - God can't do this, or at least the Church can't, and what good is a God that can't predict the future or tell us important stuff like science can?

Answer 4

Science is a term that man has invented to describe the process of finding accurate answers. So, your question is really: "What place does God have in man's process of finding accurate answers".

Well, being that to the true believer God has all the answers and just won't share them with us, and to the non-believer, he doesn't exist. I would say that God has very little place in our science, and that he probably has very little interest in having a place in our science.

Answer 5

One problem is that many have made science into their god. Unfortunately science is practiced by humans who are fallible; therefore their god is also fallible.

Science is suppose to be a process or method. It does not always lead to truth. The other problem is the need to deal with the fallibility's of humans. Science does little to address this problem but at least most religions do.

Answer 6

There are fundamental concepts in science. No matter how far we go to explaining them, there will -always- be the question of 'why' laying before us. Why do things work the way they do? Why do things stay the same? Why are we not immersed in an inhospitable chaos of changing fundamental laws?

God. That is why. God is the rule-setter of the universe. How you choose to perceive God beyond that, how active you believe God is, and what relationship God has to mankind are questions of faith which I won't address here. But God does exist because He is the Because to science' fundamental question of Why.

Answer 7

If "god" turns out to be the driving force behind matter doing its cosmic dance and working its way towards complex molecular systems that are self-aware, then god has a definite place in science. Humans, and I imagine most animals, are self-aware, and if the whole point of the last 5 billion years of evolution of our sun and planets was to create sentient, self-aware life forms, then those life forms are "god." But then, I guess you're not really talking about that -- you're talking about a stern father that rewards us for being "good" and punishes us for being "bad." Yadda yadda yadda.

Answer 8

First ask yourself, just how much science is the 10 commandments. The fundamental good, and the rights from wrong. You probably shall not touch God, yet, you can be very well informed.

Answer 9

Nobody knows the answer to this one, because nobody knows if God truly exits. Science can help us find answers to the mechanics of the universe, and perhaps even the existence of God. But there are no guarantees.

Answer 10

Religion is what God has told us. Science is us attempting to find out the rest.

Answer 11

That era is no more when science didn't believe in any God. It has been proven by science that there is a God. Albert Einstein has rightly said, "Religion without science in blind, science without religion is lame".