Do NASA scientist belive in God ? Is there prayer to God stories by astronauts available on record ?

Question

The feed back for my question will enable persons like me to be enlightened with the basic search for the exsistance of God

Answer 1

think a crossection in any field is going to have people in it that believe in God.

Answer 2

Some do, some do not. They grew up, thrived, and still live in a culture drenched in Christianity, so it isn't at all surprising that some are Christians, and even fervent Christians.

If the implication is to be that if NASA scientists believe in God, there must be a God, you should know that I'm an atheist, and I have a grant from NASA to build and fly high power sounding rockets. I'm not a NASA employee, but I'm at least arguably a "NASA scientist", and therefore you can be sure that being one does not make one a believer in god.

Matt's answer (above) is simply hilarious in how off-the-mark he is. He apparently believes that the purpose of NASA is to prove that there is no God, and that we shouldn't spend any money on activities that might challenge his religious beliefs. I'm sure glad I've never said anything like that. I'd think it'd make a lot more sense to simply accept the truth rather than to live in that kind of fear.

Answer 3

TV viewers saw the lunar surface beamed to Earth as the Apollo 8 astronauts read from the Bible on Christmas Eve, 1968.

American astronaut Ed Mitchel carried a microfiche copy of the Bible to the moon on Apollo 14.

It is also reported that Israeli astronaut air force Col. Ilan Ramon took a copy of it up on the space shuttle Columbia during its final and fateful mission.

Being inside a tin can, out in space, really makes you think about God.

Answer 4

The MahaGuru of the scientists was Einstein. He has said," Science without Faith is lame. And Faith without Science is blind". The scientists do not make experiments on God in laboratories. There are quite religious persons among them, for sure, outside the labs.

Answer 5

If you want to read just one personal story, use Google for Alton Williams, a nuclear scientist at NASA. He goes through his skepticism to belief. The guy who said 90% of scientists are atheists is not being honest. Various polls produce numbers that vary so widely that it's clear the answers depend on how the question is asked.

Answer 6

Buzz Aldrin, the second human to set foot on the Moon, received the Sacrament of Holy Communion on the surface of the moon.

Using a pastor's home Communion kit and using words used by his pastor at Webster Presbyterian Church, Aldrin celebrated Communion alone, without his colleague Armstrong participating.

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

I don't know why you asked particularly about NASA scientists. Are you sure about non NASA members. Any way why believe in god? It is better to know god rather than believing.

Answer 8

Being from Houston I can tell you that the people that work out at NASA are a different breed. there concept f God is on the Macro level, meaning that they look at him as part of the big picture. Fundamentalist Christians, such as myself, look at God on the Micro or personal level. To NASA scientist God is very impersonal. This is not an unusual attitude for such people, as they are use to looking at the cosmos, which has a very impersonal look to it. They look at God as mind. the Church of Science Mind is popular among such people, as it depersonalizes God and therefore does not require accountability on the part of the member.

Answer 9

Wow..what an excellent question!!...you have now Starred !!....
I am not a religious person and as far as I am told, neither are scientists.....(a friend of mine is a scientist)....I have forever had this drilled into my mind that scientists believe in only finding truth and religion does not go with their findings....BUT, I have also seen astronaut scientists on the TV broadcasts out of USA...GIVING THANKS TO GOD FOR THEIR SAFE RETURN!!..(and by astronauts who have been up in space on other occassions)....They also have stated that there are many things happening up there which is totally unexplained by a scientific nature...so it really makes you wonder!!....I still cannot answer your question, but it has led to many, many more questions......good luck with your research.......

Answer 10

Yes, they do, once I heard from my father(he is an engineer) a story of an astronout who flew to spce during haj season, and when he was in space he saw the light radiation of Ka'aba, and heard voices calling ALLAHu akbar ALLAHu akbar, he just couldn't believe his eyes and ears, and directly said "ashhadu anna la ilaha illa allah wa ashhadu anna muhammadan rasoolu allah" "أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأشهد أن محمد رسول الله" which means that you believe that ALLAH is your god and mohammed is prophet, and then the astronaut became a Muslim.

Answer 11

it depends on the individual's choice and NASA scientsist r human beings too and i am sure some of them do believe in god if not all.

anyway why not ask them? they may tell u the right answer.