Why can't scienctist just accept the fact god does exist?

Question

Scientist say that we came from little bacteria and evolved over millions of years, so I say WHERE DID THE BACTERIA COME FROM? then they say " from little particles of energy" well then where did the little particles of energy come from? then they say its always been there.

Well you are NOT scientists if you say that. Energy can not jsut always be here .
think of it this way...

People say that everything that exists today came from energy. its impossible for them to just " form " living, breathing, creatres that can communicate and think.

They say that since we cant actually SEE God, then we have no proof.
Well NO PERSON has EVER seen an atom, yet they still say that they must exist?
well I know they exist, because we would have nothing in this world without them
same thing with God.

Answer 1

Actually, there are many scientists who accept the existence of God -- I am one of them.

Science and God are NOT mutually exclusive. The discrepancies start to creep in when people believe and insist on the literal, fundamentalist interpretation of the Biblical creation story, rather than accepting that it is allegorical. That was the argument used in the Scopes Monkey Trial.

Answer 2

Atoms and even subatomic particles have been observed in some shape or form. The existence and nature of these things has been proven through scientific processes. Things like the big bang are theories. The big bang theory is not a proven scientific fact, but it is a theory that predicts many aspects of the state of our universe as we observe it today. As such, it is a popular theory.

Many scientists believe in God or some other deity. The important thing to note though is that they do not rely on God to be the answer to their questions about the nature of our existence. By the logic of the original question, scientists should just give up on trying to find answers for the hard questions and simply use God as the answer. If we did that, then the human race would still be in the dark ages.

The existence of God or any other deity has not been proven, and probably will not be for a very long time if ever. As such, belief in such a thing is now and for a very long time will be a matter of faith. Just as science cannot prove the existence of a deity, it cannot disprove it either.

This all makes me think of Arthur C Clark's three laws of prediction:

1) When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2) The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3) Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

A corollary to the third law could be: Any sufficiently obscure process of nature is indistinguishable from magic.

Just because our feeble scientific knowledge lacks the ability to explain some facet of our existence sufficiently well does not mean that the existence of God is the only real possible explanation.

Answer 3

Scientists need more than a "just accept" attitude before they believe things. If you'd crack a book now and then (those little booklets that people like you leave at my door don't count), you'd learn that there are actually answers to your questions, and corrections to your misconceptions. For example, the universe has zero net energy (gravitational energy is negative and cancels out mass energy), particles have most definitely *not* "always been there" (only about 13 billion years), and your intellectual betters have been observing individual atoms with sophisticated microscopes for decades.

There are indeed real "first cause" type gaps in our knowledge of the universe. However, they are beyond your comprehension, and it is a cop-out to mind-numbingly invoke a god-of-the-gaps explanation whenever they are encountered.

Answer 4

1) Abiogenesis. We're working on how it happened. Just because we don't know yet doesn't mean we never will.

2) Please look up 'big bang theory' and 'cosmic chemical evolution'. You seem a little confused.

3) If it's impossible for that to happen, how did your god do it? It's impossible! Again, a bit confused.

4) We can see atoms with microscopes. You don't believe in bacteria or viruses either? You can't see those with your eyes. So why go to the doctor?

5) I don't believe in god because there is no evidence for a god whatsoever, and no one over the last 10,000 years has been able to provide any evidence. That's why. Just saying you know they exist does nothing. If I know that Santa Claus exists because I saw him once, does that mean he does? Of course not.

Answer 5

Science is based on the scientific method: Observation, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion (and there are several variations of this, but this is the basic scientific method).

Any thing that science cannot prove but seems to work is called a theory, such as Einstein's THEORY of Relativity, or Darwin's THEORY of Evolution. A good working theory is accepted by Science if it has observable results.

When it comes to the existence of God, science demands proof or a good working theory.

Today in the 21st century the Scientists cannot prove the existence of God according to scientific principles, so therefore the professional scientist cannot openly accept God's existence except on the condition of faith.

The theologians (Priests, Rabbis, Ministers, et. al.) maintain that the existance of God cannot be 'disproven'. All general existence statements, such as God exists, cannot be disproven.

So there you have the fundamental justifications for the existence of science and religion in the general existence statement.

Answer 6

If you can offer verifiable, reproducible, objective proof that god exists I am sure they would accept it. However, you have not offered anything that even vaguely satisfies your criteria.

As Bertrand Russel said - I cannot prove the non-existence of a small teapot orbiting Jupiter, but that does not prove that it exists - and you would be considered delusional if you believed it did, especially if you venerated it. Why would we not consider you delusional for believing in the existence of god with no more evidence than for the teapot?

By the way, some scientists do believe in god, but then there is no accounting for taste.

And in passing, can I ask why it is that people who do believe in god cause so much suffering in the world - I mean the crusades, the inquisition, charlemagne - need I go on. Pretty evil religion if you ask me.

Answer 7

I am not sure what this has to do with Astronomy or Space, but I will answer anyway.

You misinterpret science. It doesn't make any suggestions on whether there is a god or not, people who have nothing better to do do that. Science merely explains the natural/material world through observation or experimentation. Nothing more nothing less. Each scientific law or theory is based off of facts, not mere guesses.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Many scientists do believe in God. Nobody knows what happened before the big bang.

Answer 10

scientists want to base everything on facts, and God doesn't give them answers to the millions of questions they have. They want a full explanation of how something was definitely created. That's why they have so many theories. They obviously think that one of them is correct.