why so many scientist do not believe in god?

Question

Should not the creation of such a complex creatures be a clear evidence of the existence of God?

Answer 1

The trend away from belief is modern and is related to cultural factors other than science. As pointed out above, some of the best minds of all time saw no conflict between the science and religion. You can add to that list Ibn al-Haytham, the first person to develop and use the scientific method.

In fact science--the system of inquiry that uses experimentation to test hypotheses--grew out of Ibn al-Haytham's religious conviction.

Born in Basra (in what is now Iraq) in 965, Ibn al-Haytham was a devout Muslim. He believed that human beings are flawed and only God is perfect. To discover the truth about nature, he reasoned, one had to eliminate human opinion and error and allow the universe to speak for itself. “The seeker after truth is not one who studies the writings of the ancients and, following his natural disposition, puts his trust in them,” he wrote, “but rather the one who suspects his faith in them and questions what he gathers from them, the one who submits to argument and demonstration.”

Ibn al-Haytham designed physical experiments to test hypotheses, developing the system of inquiry known as the scientific method.

Ibn al-Haytham’s massive book about light and vision, Kitāb al-Manāzir (Book of Optics), was translated into Latin as De aspectibus in the late thirteenth century in Spain. Copies of the book circulated throughout Europe. Roger Bacon wrote a summary of it entitled Perspectiva (Optics). Bacon also promoted the use of the scientific method described by Ibn al-Haytham.

Ibn al-Haytham remained a devout Muslim throughout his life. “It became my belief that for gaining access to the effulgence and closeness to God, there is no better way than that of searching for truth and knowledge,” he wrote.

Many scientists--from all faiths--continue to believe that science as a method of pursuing the truth leads the researcher closer to God.

Answer 2

> why so many scientist do not believe in god?
No recent direct evidence.

> Should not the creation of such a complex creatures be a clear evidence of the existence of God?
No. The only source that says God (the god of Abraham) is the Creator is the book of Genesis written by Moses. Moses is not a reliable source, since he exaggerates the extent of the Great Flood.

Answer 3

There are scientists believing in God as a creator. In the past there were many more. Newton was one of the most famous scientists and he had a clear picture of God as shown in the bible.
Today you have to be financially independent as a scientist if you like to declare that you believe in Gad as a creator. If you work as an employee in the scientific community you would loose you job if you would stand up to your belief in God as a creator.

There is no freedom of religion here in that field. You better be an atheist to fit the rigid paradigm.

It's stated that a belief system is a religion. How?
If I'm not member of a church, an organization which teaches what I should do to please God - I think I'm not religious more than an atheist.
Why is the atheistic world view not counted as religion - while the same independent conclusion that there is a God is counted as religion?

It's because atheism is part of the game in the scientific community when it comes to evolution theory and cosmology.
Because this philosophy is essential to believe in the theories - it becomes part of the "scientific" theories. So atheism is not counted as a religion because it's an integral part of those theories.

But because I believe in God, and I see the whole game from "outside" I can see all the similarities between religions and the fundamental atheism in science which can not tolerate God.

The "science" of evolution and the "science" of the Big Bang are a belief system like a religion as soon as they are taught as facts in schools.

Answer 4

Don't tell the Catholics, but they can believe in both evolution and creation. So, in the most part, science and God are not mutually exclusive.
The Big Bang as we now know it was first suggested by a French priest, Georges-Henri Lemaitre, I believe. Very scientific of him, really.

There is too much evidence for evolution for it not to be true.
If you want to believe that God created it all, then you can do so, but it defies logic.

Answer 5

I have found that many of the most profound scientists (for example, Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Pauli and many others, even Einstein) did actually believe in "God" (by which I mean something that can be described in its relation to nature as 'higher'). Their views on this issue invariably followed from an unfettered and deep look into nature, and its mysteries. Having established themselves with impeccable scientific credentials, and more importantly, just being naturally curious and filled with that 'sense of wonder', they were not repressed in their thinking by 'dogma' or a wish to 'fit in with the crowd'.
Most lesser scientific minds however, tend to be far more subject to these weaknesses, and in one way or another, self-repress their own thinking on the subject of God. There is a cultural and historical context for this which is understandable, yet still sad.

Answer 6

People have a preconceived ideology about religion before they make a decision to become scientist or scientist priest or just preachers, missionaries. Through their middle years of life, they seek to justify their early decisions. Later in life they may become more honest and acknowledge a higher power.
Newton by the way believe in both God and Jesus Christ! Most of the greatest scientist believed in God. Most where Christians!

Answer 7

I don't understand how so many people can think science and religion are at odds with each other. They serve completely different purposes. Science will never attempt to prove that there is or is not a God, because it can't be done. But that does not mean that people who use science can't believe in God.

Answer 8

It is a common misconception that the percentage of atheists is high in the scientific community. Most scientists are not atheists, it's just that scientists are not generally forcefull with their beliefs. Scientists are generally not very religious,i.e rigorous followers of a belief system, but they do believe that there is some kind of god.

Answer 9

Einstein believed in God and it kept him from finding the "unified field theory" which occupied most of his life. He was doomed to failure because he refused to entertain the idea of random chance playing a part in the universe. As it turns out, random chance plays a very big part in the universe. To get to the truth in any matter, you cannot have any pre-conceived ideas or prejudices. Complex creatures, be they human or worms, are the result of random mutations over billions of years, favorable mutations being passed along to future generations and unfavorable ones being weeded out. The universe ticks along pretty good without bringing a supreme being into the picture and if Einstein had been able to let go of his beliefs to get at the naked truth he might have found what he was looking for.

Answer 10

Many don't believe in God, in my opinion, because of the good 'ole "BIG BANG" theory. Energy came together and BOOM, the universe came into existence. Although many scientists use this theory to "try" to prove that God didn't create the universe (thus the earth and other planets), it DOES. Where did the energy come from to begin with? You can't make something from absolutely nothing....

Answer 11

Our existence in itself is NOT proof or clear evidence of a divine creator. The simplest explanation I can give you is the following.

There are two possibilities, A) humans exist or B) humans do not exist. Humans existing is not proof nor evidence of a divine Creator, since if humans did not exist, we would not even be able to observe a different conclusion, due to us not being around, that God did not exist. It is a logical and philosophical fallacy.

This is a derivation of the Anthropic Principle.