As science learns more, will the need for religion diminish?

Answer 1

Good question!
Answer:
No. Sometimes when scientists make new discoveries, they turn to the Holy Scriptures (Bible, Quran, etc.) and check to see if those discoveries are mentioned in them. Turns out, yes they are. Quran, for instance, is 70% scientific discoveries yet those discoveries are being made now or were made recently... The Big Bang Theory, for instance, is mentioned in the Quran as is "the expansion of the universe" (Quran, 51:47).
"Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?" (The Noble Quran, 21:30).
Or then, what about embryonic development in the Quran? It describes the embryo in the same way that today's ultrasound shows you... (Quran, 23:12-14); or then at what time in the womb the embryo gets the faculties of hearing and such. None of this information was known 1400 years ago when the Quran was revealed....
What about the speed of light? And Time Dilation, General Relativity, Pulsars and Black Holes, Wormholes (Length Contraction), Dark Matter and Gravitational Lensing, Dark Energy, Redshifting and Expanding Universe... all of which are mentioned in the Quran (proof listed in "Sources").
So, knowing this, one can easily say that religion doesn't have too high a chance of diminishing as science learns more.
Anyone familiar with Professor Keith Moore? He's one of the world's most prominent scientist in the fields of embryology and anatomy and is the author of "The Developing Human" (translated in 8 dif languages). He's one of the scientists who checks his theories/discoveries/observations with the Holy Scripture.
Disagree with me? No problem. No one's obligated to agree with what I'm saying, but you just can't deny the truth.
If you have time, you can visit the websites listed below to learn more; it's good to have an open mind and to increase your knowledge.

Answer 2

Science has certainly helped hugely with rationalism and evidenced explanations of our world which require no gods and I am very grateful to it for numerous reasons, particularly medical ones. However, I do feel that sometimes people neglect the value of history in undermining the 'truth' assumptions about religion. Whilst science shows us that gods do not need to exist and that 'supernatural' phenomena are actually natural and spiritual experiences are actually neurological, history shows how individual gods came to be invented, when, by whom and why. The methods of a science cannot prove a negative and the burden of proof is not upon them to do so. However, historians can make the positive claim 'Gods are cultural products which evolve and adapt according to need. Someone who wants to know if the Christian God is real can spend years studying science and coming to the conclusion that there is no need for a god or any evidence for one or he/she can spend a few hours reading the works of Bart Ehrman, Karen Armstrong and Robert Wright and learn that Yahweh evolved from at least three gods - The anthropomorphic, mountain god El Shaddei, the fertility God Baal and the transcendant, remote warrior god first known as Yahweh - none of these were monotheistic, none of them were omnipotent, none of them were benign or cared much about what humans did providing it did not interfere with them. These Gods were merged later during political alliances very similar to royal marriages. The evidence for this is clear - the ancient texts which include the bible show the provenance and later merging of the gods. This clearly shows that Yahweh of the bible is a human construct manipulated out of his historical provenance.

Answer 3

The need for religion will grow as the realization that the universe is out of control and could only be managed by a Creative Intelligence to keep from flying apart. People will also see that religious principles, embraced and observed make life better for everyone. The connection to the Creator will grow and people in future will wonder how they ever did without the Divine influence in their lives.

Answer 4

no science can never prove/disprove God, becuase it isn't anything phsyical. and also, science and religion are not completely seperate, like when your a christian science is great - learning about God's creation and how it works. and with every advancement science makes, most of the time it just solidifies the view that the world is so magnificently complicated and perfectly in time that it could not possibly have been made by chance.

merry christmas, much love!

Answer 5

As science discovers more hidden mysteries and religion lets go of old superstitions, science and relgion will agree. The knowledge of both are from the same Source. When this happens, civilization advances to great heights.

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Answer 6

lol Science does not learn...people learn... and, people will learn whatever they WANT to learn. That is the whole problem with a lot of what "science" teaches.

I have seen that the more we know about science and the world..how things work, the more we can see that random chance is hogwash. This planet and its occupants were designed. I do not see how random chance could ever, ever cause life to 'evolve' and 'adapt'...there too many missing links that are just plain MISSING.

It is obvious to me, you want to deny the existence of God and/or just do not believe what He says to you...choose as you will, He gave you the choice.

Answer 7

Science has learned enough that religion should have become a quaint notion a while ago. That people persist to try to give meaning to their lives through infantile god concepts is just an illustration of how far we still have to evolve in order to survive as a species.

Answer 8

I think that as science exposes more the need for religion will increase. Just as the child believes that they know everything (their world and vision is so tiny) and then, as they get older and adopt the self realization that they actually know very little (their world is still tiny but their vision of it expands) that civilization will reach a point where it realizes just how little it does know. Just my thought.

Religion is the adherence to codified beliefs and rituals that (generally) involve a faith in a spiritual nature and a study of inherited ancestral traditions, knowledge and wisdom related to understanding human life. The term "religion" refers to both the personal practices related to faith as well as to the larger shared systems of belief.

Merry Christmas

Answer 9

On the contrary, as we learn more about science...dinosaurs, creation, etc we are pointed more and more toward a Creator. The world hangs in a delicate balance...one of order and not caos.

The Bible tells us Jehovah God is a God of order and not a God of confusion. The more we learn about Science the more we will discover our need and awe of God...religion, maybe not...relationship, yes.

Answer 10

I don't think so. My religion is what sets my heart at ease. And I don't use it to explain the unknowable either. Actually, as science increases I would feel a greater need for religion, because natural medicines would be secondary and nature would also become secondary.