Was science meant to discredit the existence of God?

Question

or is it just how people who holds science in a very high esteem think that way? isn't science only a study why things came into being, or why things are the way they are, but not really meant to discredit the existence of God? or am i wrong in the way i understand what science is all about?

Answer 1

Science was certainly not designed to discredit the existence of gods. It is meant to lend credit to things which give us strong, logical reason to believe them, and discredit things which lack strong, logical evidence supporting them.

It sounds to me that you do not understand what the true spirit of science is all about. Few people do, and it is very unfortunate.

"isn't science only a study why things came into being, or why things are the way they are, but not really meant to discredit the existence of God?" Science is not "only a study of...", it is the study of truth, logic, argumentation, rational thinking (not the kind of argument people have with their parents). Above all, the heart of science is the art of understanding what truth is, and how to find it. You will not see this in many things that are called "science", though. Many things called scientific miss the entire point and are just going through science related motions.

Very few people have a strong understanding of logic, reason and rational thinking. When you gain a strong understanding of these things, you will see that religions offer very little compelling evidence for their existence. Most people do not even understand what compelling evidence really means, and are fully convinced that they have all kinds of good evidence supporting their religious beliefs when they do not know what good evidence is. They have a theory that they believe they can prove to be true(yes, religious beliefs are theories, people often do not understand what the word theory means, either), but they know very little about theories, proof, truth.

Answer 2

Science will actually support the existence of God if they would look at all of the evidence in a propper way. Where do the c-14 standards come from, was it from some guy saying "This has ....so it must be this old, and this has this much so it must be this old"?

The world of "science" has hidden a lot of artifacts and bones that support creationism. Search Dr. Carl Baugh; he can get carbon formations in just 2 weeks.

Also see what you can find about Dr. Robert Gentry who found a radioactive halo in granite. The life if this isotope is so short that in order for it to appear in the granite, the granite had to form instantly. The "scientific community" will not allow his research to be published.

Dr. Walter Veith was strong advocate of evolution, and he admitts that as a professor, if a student had creationist beliefs, he used to belittle them until they gave up their belief. (Talk about using his position to force his own beliefs.) Dr. Veith has since seen that the idea creationism is more believable than evolution.

Answer 3

Science can't discredit the existence of God because science cannot prove anything above the physical realm of this world. God and things in the spiritual realm are all too complex for the human mind to figure out. Science can TRY to figure out what God is, but they will never be successful. You shouldn't base your opinion on what you believe on science and whats been proven here or there. You should know in your heart (in your spirit) what you believe no matter what anybody says. *Just remember this.... Who would you call upon in your last seconds of life to help you? Think about it.

Answer 4

You know Science has only came so far, Very far in some ways but we might be an Insect as far as intelligence in the overall picture. We can still be very primal in many ways, look at the corruption the killings, the wars! Science has also invented Weapons of Mass Distruction.......One thing for sure, Mans way sure isn't working.

Maybe one day they might figure out the Spirit is much more powerful that they just cant comprehend now.

There is one thing with God and this is coming from a deep believer,
You can never never prove that God exist, Its all about the spirit and faith.

Another thing for sure, nobody could absolutely prove that he does not exist

Answer 5

Science's sole purpose is to find out and explain how things came to be the way they are. Whether or not you want to add God into the mix is a personal thing. Some people believe that there is no God, and there's ONLY science. Some people who believe in God believe that the science is correct, but because God made it so, and some people believe ONLY what the Bible says, word for word. Meaning, they don't grasp the concept of parables. (They believe there WAS an "Adam" who was literally made from a lump of clay, and an "Eve" who was literally made from one of Adam's ribs.)

Answer 6

Science can't prove the non existence of God either.

Science can't prove a lot of stuff, that doesn't mean they don't exist.

I don't really believe in god and I hold "pure" science in high esteem but often people use science to justify something they already believe like other people use religion.
Maybe that’s it; some people have science as a religion.

Answer 7

Science, or better, modern science was secretely formed in the mid 1600's not to discredit religion, but to freely ask questions (privately in a group) about anything, that religion & society would not publicly allow. There were firm religious believers in the group as well. No contempt there - just freedom of speech.

Answer 8

No. Science is not meant to discredit the existence of Deity (or Deities). You're not wrong in your understanding of what science is. And you are right, it is how some people use scientific studies to support their personal view of whether or not Deity does exist.

Answer 9

I think science was meant to explain a phenomenon to those who could not believe in the existence of GOD. To give an understanding of the formation of life in terms that seemed more tangible. It is hard for some to understand that a being that we can't see or touch could be responsible for our very being. I think science was created to blend together all beliefs so that we had one basis for our existence instead of several. Depending on who you worship or not without an underlying truth we would all be confused. Unfortunately, science is just another thing to argue over, to dispute, to prove right or wrong and we still are divided over science and religion. Go figure.

Answer 10

I believe that you do misunderstand.

Science has no answer for "why", and is not concerned with that question. It deals with "how'.

"Why" assumes a motivation. Science can describe how things interact, but has no answer to a motivation for those interactions.

Motivation is immaterial to the hard sciences.

And no matter how deep we plumb human psychology, the"why", even in terms of our own actions, remains a mystery. You can spend years studying how people react differently to the same stimulus, and go backwards and backwards chasing motivation - it all comes down to "because I did".