How many aetheists here actually think that science is proving God to be fake?

Question

Seriously i am wondering. It actually appears as if the more a scientist discovers the greater chance that the scientist will become religious. And please, do not say darwin and all his stuff is the science that proves him to be false, but rather do you know anything about Quantum Mechanics and physics?

Answer 1

I know quite a lot about quantum mechanics and if you accept God in the same way Einstein did as a word for the way the laws of nature came about at the beginning of the universe then no science can probably not disprove that directly but a personal god who intereferes? Einstein didnt believe in that, neither did Hawking who misleadingly uses the term God to throw a bone to ignorant theists to chew on.

You say it appears the more a scientist discovers the greater chance he will be religious? What evidence do you have to back up this assertion. Studies in the US show that there is an inverse correlation between natural intelligence, education and religion. That is, the more intelligent and educated you are - the LESS likely it is that you'll be religious.

I hope you weren't trying to imply quantum mechanics says something about God by throwing that term in there. It certainly does no such thing.

Answer 2

Actually the polls say the more you know about science and are educated, the less likely you are to be religious.

You are making a common mistake. Use of the word God by scientists is not a reference to a Creator but more of catch phrase describing the workings of the Universe. Believers however seize on these statements to attempt to find believing scientists.

Obviously some scientists are religious, but their religion has no effect on their conclusions. Attempts to find proof of the supernatural in science is by definition impossible as science is the study of the natural world.

Your attempt to eliminate a discussion of "Darwin and all his stuff" is rather humorous as of course the study of the mechanics of evolution is the best example of the successful application of the scientific method to the natural world. God is not required for the equation

Answer 3

I think that if anybody claims to really understand quantum mechanics they're just trying to get you into bed, haha.

Seriously though, as an atheist with a very rudimentary understanding of quantum and a workable knowledge of physics, I don't believe that science will necessary prove god to be false. I do believe that, as we learn scientific explanations for various phenomena, the idea of god will become silly. Whether or not god exists won't matter anymore, because people will realize that if he does exist, he's pretty impotent.

Answer 4

Having a MS degree in Quantum Mechanics I would say that I am quite familiar with the sciences that you are referring to.

The goal of science is not to disprove a god, it is to find the answers to our questions of how and why the universe is the way it is.

During the search for answers, we are finding on a daily basis new evidence that undermines another ridiculous claim of religion, while this does not disprove god explicitly, it makes the case that there is a god a lot harder to swallow.

I have yet to find a man of science that disregards logic for irrational fairy tails. So I do not know what you are talking about scientists becoming religious with discoveries.

Answer 5

My atheism has little to do with science.

Your statement is asinine and very poorly written English. I believe that there are about 600 scientists who signed that ridiculous statement against Darwinism. At last count, there were 774 scientists named Steve that endorse evolution.

That's almost 200 more scientists only named Steve than the TOTAL number of "scientists" who think a magical sky wizard created everything. Much of the list put together by theDiscovery Institute includes engineers, mathematicians and philosophers which don't really count as scientists...

It sure looks like you are wrong about the more science you learn, the more of a theist you become.

Answer 6

As an Agnostic I believe that a true "man in sky" does not exist. However, many need to believe there is something special, bigger than themselves that protects them, guides them. This belief gives them strength to deal with situations they normally would not be able to handle. If people need "him" to be there they have that right and no amount of Science is going to change their minds. One simple reason, morality. Science didn't create it, doesn't rule it and yet it is the only reason we are civilized community. I had a bumper sticker once that said, "Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich".

Answer 7

~~~ Ben ,,,Science's first obligation is to prove The Church wrong, ie; A Heliocentric Solar System , etc, etc, etc, ad nauseum and the gods fall in direct correlation to the developement of Mankind's Intellect. History has proven this out.

Answer 8

Science can not prove anything false about God. Faith goes deeper than seeing things with the naked eye and scientific observations. you go for the best and never look back or give up on hope just because mere scientist who are but humans themselves say so. God created the earth and space and allowed mechanics and physics to exist in this world.

Answer 9

You have the wrong idea about science-it isn't out to prove anything, its purpose is to reveal the workings of the natural world. It might prove the existence of God or it might not but that is a non-issue.

Answer 10

Why would they become religious if there is nothing proven? Science does not prove god.