Do scientists believe in Atoms as much as Religious people believe in God?

Question

Neither have been proved (in the traditional sense of of word).....

Can the two beliefs co-exist?

Answer 1

Atoms do exist-- if that were not possible, E would not equal mc^2.

And... the atomic bomb would not work...

....I believe scientist believe in Atoms more than religious people.

But, that's just my opinion.

God has yet to be proven, even by groups of the most intelligent scientists...

This however, still does not prove that God does not exist. Neither does it prove that He does. You could say that scientist don't have the intelligence to prove such. Nor do they have the abundant evidence to lean towards.

But then again, would a scientist really lean toward anything that they so profoundly dismiss? They have been brainwashed to believe theory, that has not even shown proof to have existed. "The Big Bang" has negative proof of any, with respects to the dimensions of space-time and how the universe is currently "expanding."

Atoms and God are two completely different topics. 1 mystery on a much lower scale than the other-- obviously, atoms are no longer a mystery unless we move into Quantum mechanics and extended symmetry of relativity.

I would have to say that with the lack of knowledge pertaining to the existence of God (using scientific procedure to classify a theory respectively), is merely undefined.

Good Question...

--Rob :)

Answer 2

The difference is: saying "The Universe is made of atoms" MEANS something; it predicts specific things about how the world will work in certain situations and those predictions have been proven true time and again in scientific experiments. The disciplines of chemistry, physics, cosmology, etc. are all built upon that proven assertion of atomic theory.

Theists say, "God exists," but then claim he exists outside time and space, can't be "put to the test", can't be called upon reliably, etc. He's described in terms that make him completely unverifiable or falsifiable; which begs the question: what difference is there between a universe with an invisible, ineffable, intangible deity that behaves in no predictable way, and a universe with no deity at all?

Answer 3

Both scientists & religious people believe in what they trust, their “FAITH" but neither could prove if it real or not, only in theory they argue that their opinion stand. However we must realize that they have strong faith and confidence that what they believe is true if not they can't stand through all the trial throw at them.
Well that on how much they will believe in their own "FAITH", but usually I personally find that scientific people do not believe in God neither do religious people as they accuse man trying to act as God, cloning ….
I believe in God as he made all things including science as I believe that science is his version of rule/law of universe. He made all things possible.
>>>one more thing atom are just a term scientist give to what they find and what they see, it only true as long as scientist is concern.

Answer 4

A scientist's belief is based on evidence. Scientists have theories that can be modified as new evidence comes to light.
This is not so in most organized religions. Dogma cannot be altered or a religion looses credibility.
The existence of the atom is not in question. It's based on evidence, whereas a belief in God is simply called faith (read lack of evidence).

Answer 5

Well when scientists didnt had the tools to prove the existence of atoms, I think it was all faith, but now they can use electron microscopes to be able to see small molecules.

Answer 6

Every time I get a particle pinioned beneath my lens and needle .. the greasy slippery thing pops into a new vista of energy fields .. dagnabbit!

Answer 7

"Proof" is for Math and Liquor.

Science moves with the evidence. The atomic structure of matter is essentially "proven", given the kind of pictures we can take...

Answer 8

Atoms have been proved to exist and God has been proved not to.

Answer 9

Considering a 'leap of faith' is a big step in religious belief and experimental evidence is a big portion of scientific 'theory', I think they do.

Answer 10

no, if scientist were presented with a sufficient amount of evidence that atoms don't exist, they wouLd change their mind, because they are open-minded.