Does science try to prove anything about God, or is it about something else?

Answer 1

Empirical science can't prove or disprove the existence of God. This type of enquiry lies outside of its area of epistemic influence. Science can only emit judgements and predictions regarding physical phenomena that are measurable, replicable and predictable, in plain words: is dependent on our senses. God is what Kantians would put in the field of the noumena, or the unknowable since we don't have the perceptual capacity to directly or indirecty aprehend. We don't have the means to perceive it.
To some philosophers, however, the astounding fact that the universe in itself has order, logic and predictability, and that is not a meshmash of chaos, points out to the implication that since causes can be infered from their effects, then what has existence and order must have a cause, and where there is order there is intellect, and intellect implies authorship. This is a chain of reasoning that Aristotle used to prove the existence of God, or prime mover of the Universe, argument that later St Thomas Aquinas would develop even further. This reasoning, however is not empirical science but metaphysics, which as you might know concerns itself with questions about the being qua being (pure being) and not about its functionings. Metaphysics concerns itself with the question :"Why it is, or what is that is". while the empirical branches of science concern themselves with questions like: "How does this work, what is this, etc"

Answer 2

No, science does not and cannot prove the existence of God. One of the criteria for scientific proof is that an experiment can be replicated by anyone anywhere at any time to get exactly the same results (if we ignore Heisenberg's principle). If at least two people cannot produce the same results under the same conditions, then scientific proof for that phenomenon does not exist. Also, science is concerned with the physical universe, not with the spiritual universe if you will, although science has gradually been changing to study these phenomena e.g. NDEs and consciousness, parapsychology, which is not entirely scientific.

One cannot create or conjure up God in a laboratory, so it cannot be scientifically proven that He exists. In the same manner, it cannot be scientifically proven that there was ever someone called Napoleon. One form of evidence you can use to verify someone's existence is historical evidence. Of course, when one considers those parts of the Bible where "laws" were given to deal with things that were health hazards, for example, that the ancient peoples did not really understand, there is proof of some kind of intelligence that knew what the ancient peoples did not know. That intelligence could be God, an alien or anything else. One needs to take that evidence together with historical, linguistic, psychological, philosophical, cultural and communication evidence (among others) to prove that the claims contained in the Bible are credible. If one believes those claims are credible, one has almost no choice but to believe that this superior intelligence is God.

Answer 3

It is the job of the scientific method to disprove everything. Only when it fails to disprove a hypothesis does it validate that hypothesis. When people start with an idea and then try to prove it, their "science" is sloppy and suspect.

The tools of science are logic, observation and experiment. In order to ascertain something, a scientist has to eliminate alternate explanations, based on direct experiential evidence. Since God is incorporeal and all evidence for God is therefore indirect, there is no way to scientifically prove or disprove God's existence. All science can prove is the nature and behavior of the phenomena of the world. Meaning and purpose are a matter of opinion and faith, not science.

Answer 4

Science could care less about god.

Religion has always viewed science as evil and even today some believers have that Dark Ages mentality. They think scientists hole up in a room and try to find ways to disprove the bible

Science on the other hand is all about finding out how things work. How our bodies work, the universe works

Answer 5

Science is the Study of reality and how we see things work. So I guess you can say that evolution isn't scientific. Yes, you can use science to prove somethings about God. God claims to have created the world. Science shows that the universe is expanding meaning it all came from one condensed point, so what was after that point?

Answer 6

No, science does not try to prove anything about god because there is nothing observable in any way about god.
Wikipedia: science " is based on gathering observable, empirical, measurable evidence, subject to specific principles of reasoning."
There is no "observable, empirical, measurable" evidence of god's existence. If you say "what about miracles?", the answer is, 1) there are none, but 2) even if there were, nothing could be inferred about what caused them- to say it was god would simply be stating an opinion, not an observed fact.

Answer 7

It's all about life & energy. Ignorants try to prove things by God, while science try to prove things by studies & real experiments.

Answer 8

science is only a tool for problem solving.
it is not the vehicle we drive in.
we are limited by our senses.
we have only explored -1% of outer space.
Can you expect a scientist to give you a theory on whether ghosts exist when we have never seen other dimensions?
think about gravity, we cannot see it or touch it or hear it.
all we can do is measure it and call it a name because we see the effects of it.
how do we know for sure gravity is a law of physics and not God controlling everything?
just imagine if the emotion of love is measured like gravity.
we cannot see love or hear it or touch it.
we can only see its effects of it by looking at a mri scan of your brain.
however, how do I know whether its a hormone or a spiritual consciousness you are experiencing?
we are limited by our senses.
same thing with God.
If we could see other dimensions than we can say for sure whether God exists or not.
Man has to much ego.
So much that he invents all these theories how we evolved or how the universe came into being.
If you call the bible a fairytale but believe in evolution than you are only trading in one mans illusion for another mans illusion.
The truth is we don't know jack about anything.
Really, all I have to do is measure the distance from point a to point b and say the universe is expanding.
That's the problem with science, it only measures the effects of things.
Its equivalent to you being in a space vehicle and all the doors are locked and the windows are blacked out and stupid you thinks it can comprehend the outside like a mouse trapped in a cage.
understand, eh?
God Bless

Answer 9

Science searches for the truth and how to be more advanced to make our lives simpler. Scientist look for answers they want proof not just some theory. When a person tells u hey I'm rich i live in Beverly Hills n u see them all dressed like whatever u like What? and u try to get them to prove it. Same here.

Answer 10

Something else. Science is about finding out how the world/universe works. It makes no assumption about th existence of god. Many people use the conclusions of science to assert there is no god, but the science itself doesn't concern itself with god.