Why do humans believe in god when everything is proved scientificly?

Question

Is it part of human nature or are people beginning to step away from God and start to think what other things have created the universe.

So prove me to me that god is real. I do believe in magic because it has happened but who has a proof of god?

No one knows the real answers but the most far that humans have gone to find the secrets of life are just only half a percent. They don't know if God is real, what happens after we die or who we are.

For people who keep saying science hasn't proved it. Then prove to me that God is real. Science has provided us with many information about the universe and people still say science is nothing but God is real. Prove to me that god is real and then we can start a debate.

Answer 1

1. All throughout history people have used the supernatural to explain things that are new and frightening to them. This is called the "God of the Gaps" Example: in Ancient Greece, severe lightning storms were considered the wrath of Zeus, because the idea of nature being able to create something so immensely powerful was simply beyond the commonplace knowledge at the time. But now, we know that lightning is caused by positive and negative charges reacting during electric storms- and we have harnessed this power!

2. All religious texts were written by human hands. The Bible is made up of numerous accounts of people who were writing about their personal experiences, and were a way to put in place the laws that they wished were there-- including the oppression of women. There is no way to prove that these people weren't schitzophrenics, or even manipulative men who wanted something they couldn't get just using their own persuasive powers. It is much the same with other religious texts.

3. If there really is one God, why did this god make it possible for there to be so many other religions? Wouldn't this god want a unified, global following? More evidence that higher powers are a human creation to satisfy the want of a better life, or even a point in life. For many, religion is their way to have hope that at the end of their lives, they will be able to start new in a place where they are free from bonds that held them on earth: whether political or social, or even familial.

4. There is nothing wrong with religion. As I said, for many, religion is their only hope. That is the greatest wonder of the human mind: That we are able to create something that would lift us out of a bad situation. Whether people believe in god or not, there is still that human mentality of spiritual connectedness that helps us have hope in our lives.

5. There is no "right" or "wrong" religion out there. People are free to believe what they want, and any time that you are inclined to tell someone that their religion is wrong and yours is right, try swapping the roles and imagine yourself there: feel free to believe what you want and share that with other people in your religious community, but please respect the beliefs of others. It is the least we can do to have less stressful, more easygoing lives.

6. The points listed above are simply reasons that a god would not exist, this doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with religious faith. Faith is belief without the need of any sort of proof. It is inherent, and it is absolutely human nature.

Answer 2

Well, gee, what proof would you like? How do you believe everything is proved scientifically? 500 years ago scientists had proof the world was flat and was the center of the universe. You believe in magic? And not God? Hmmm, interesting. Do you take scientists word that there is no air in space? Have you tried it? How about the extinction of dinosaurs? Just because you don't see any around does that mean someplace there might be some still? What about ghosts? I haven't seen a ghost, but have had supernatural experiences. There are photographs of ghosts. If something is invisible couldn't it be real and not seen? Where would I go to find proof of God beyond my personal experiences. Why don't you try a little test. Ask God to prove His existence. See, I don't have to have proof. Some things you know to be true without proof. As I said, like ghosts. I have had encounters which I couldn't see, but I felt and have been saved by unseen hands before at least twice. Otherwise, you are saying science knows everything and it doesn't. Not yet anyway.

Answer 3

Honestly, there's no straightforward answer to this, as everyone has their own opinions and views on the matter.

The way I see it, many people beleive in God because it gives them peace of mind. They like the idea that there's a possible glorious "afterlife" awaiting them once they die, and they cling to that beleif to ease their fear of death.

Some parents will push their children into a God-beleiving religion in hopes of molding their children into being "good human beings" or whatnot. There are so many bad people in the world that the thought of going to heaven can cause people to actually lead an "honorable" life.

As for the whole "everything is proved scientifically" thing, well, not EVERYTHING is proven as fact. A lot of it is all conjecture and speculation. There are too many mysteries in this world that just can't be explained through mere science. The world's beginning, for example. I find it much more beleivable than an omnipotent force created the universe rather than the "big bang" theory.

Scientists say that the entire universe started from nothingness when two atoms collided with each other. But honestly, I just can't see how two microscopic atoms colliding would cause an explosion that actually CREATES something as expansive as the entire universe. It honestly makes no sense.

Besides that, if the universe began as "nothingness", where did these two "atoms" come from in the first place? That in itself can theoretically toss the "nothingness" idea out the window.

Answer 4

My reason for believing is because one cannot get something out of nothing. There must have been a first cause and matter to support it. One really can't use science as a foundation for their basic belief concepts, although it helps mightily in many areas. Science is now growing closer to religion. The more years that go by the more evidence they find to support some of the things that are in the Bible. It is interesting to note how much ancient knowledge contained in many religious texts are now being proven accurate. This knowledge was phrased in a way that society could understand at the time of its writing but made little sense in modern terms.
Science and religion are not mutually exclusive. Science may not know something at the moment, but it does not mean its knowledge cannot grow and we can have an epiphanic moment in the future when it explains something we thought in a particular text inaccurate or implausible.

Answer 5

First, not everything is proven scientifically. Secondly, it's DEFINITELY human nature to question, and if you don't...and believe strictly in the bible in a fundamentalist way...you're biblically impared, however; it's just conceit to think we know it all, and even more conceited to think that there is no possibility of a higher power being involved.

Just for the record...we know more about outer space than we do about our own oceans. Giant squid were a myth 100 years ago. Perhaps if we don't kill ourselves off, a million years from now...we will prove the existance of many previously unbelievable things. For the moment, we are still pretty darn primitive.

Answer 6

Not everything is scientificly proved. And even if everythign was, We could all still be wrong because we are here on earth. We do not have the ability to explore to universe to find out things for sure. Humans develop methods to find proof of things but since the method was human made, that proof might not even really exist.

Answer 7

uhh, science can't even show how the human brain works or accurately predict the weather five days from now.
just fyi.

edit:
how about this.
from a general relativity perspective...
1st dimension, one single point in space/time, a singularity.
2nd dimension, one flat plane in space/time, a drawing on a peice of paper, a map a blueprint.
3rd dimension, a full object in space time. a car, a house, a sculpture.
4th dimension, change. humans are sensitive to this dimension we call it time. all living things exist as a part of the 4th dimesion and are affected by it.
5th dimension, probability. why your parents had you instead of George washington, why all random phenomenon can (after many observations) be modeled and extrapolated. (randomness is not the same thing as chaos.) every time you make a desicion you compress probability waves and thus interact with the 5th dimension.

Albert Einstein postulates 11 dimensions.
is there no room for a cognizant entity in one of these worlds?
what of the painter??
the sculptor??
in a way is he not the "god" of this painting? can the sculpture percieve the artist?

excellent question.
i do not believe god is a man or anything like a man.
i can not even say if he has a 3rd dimensional form.
(i would doubt it)
but he who seeks will find.
so seek, and learn.

Answer 8

Please, remember to stop using absoluteles in most (not every) situation.
We have NOT proven everything.
We have much better hypotheses for many facets of existence as we can perceive it...
but there is life outside of Platonic logic.
There is life outside of reason.
There is mystery.
Still, I don't believe in a higher consciousness, just a higher system of order in the universe.
If we are superior to plants, yet plants possess the power to produce its own food through photosynthesis and we do not, then I find it perfectly rational to imagine that the greatest power of all has no stream of consciousness, a power that we possess.
But prove it?
Basic law of science- You test a hypothesis, and the null hypothesis, its opposite. If you fail to find to find for the hypothesis, you have only NOT found the hypothesis. You ahve not proven the null. You can't prove god?
OK, well you can't prove not-god, either.
And that's SCIENCE telling you that.

Answer 9

It seems credible to say that Science wants to ACT like gods. Instead of reading a Bible, I should just go to a scientist instead of a preacher and ask him about faith, right? And not all science disproves the book. Just your science, mind you. (The opinions you have taken...) But here's a thought. It is possible to conclude that most people who try to disprove God either read the book first, or had some sort of knowledge. Darwin didn't have a problem with God until later. (Death of his Son)

Answer 10

Alright buddy scientifically prove to me how the materials that reacted in the big bang get here. Where they just here one day? How can something appear from nothing? Space is infinite, how does what occupies it just appear? I see scientists gathering evidence in support of the big bang but they dont ask themselves the question, "Well how did all of these gases required for the big bang to occurr get here?" No scientist will take this question on so Why dont you Bill Nye the science guy?