Religious topic for Scientists: Do you believe in the existence of a God/Greater Being?

Question

The question is simple, here is some motivation behind the question:

How does the beauty of pure mathematics relate to the existence of a God: Can you describe EVERYTHING in our universe purely by science (and thus pure mathematics)? If so does this essential give humans the potential to find the "meaning of life"? Godels theorems are a potential contradiction to this statement.

Modern day cosmology: implying the expansion of the universe and raising other questions on the existence of a God. I'm not really clued up on cosmology/string theory/big bang theory etc... but the universe is expanding into WHAT exactly?

Finally: to what extent do religious people except these facts of nature? Are they facts (to most this is obvious)? How is science incorporated into religion?

To all atheists, agnostics and religious people alike: put across your opinions AND discuss others. What are YOUR motivations behind the asking of this question?

Thanks

Answer 1

The concept of higher being is just fanciful thinking without proof, something promulgated by our primitive barbarian ancestors. To explain the unknown using a supernatural explanation is using CAVE MAN logic. While science may not be able to explain everything, leaping to fairy tales is not logical....sorry.

Answer 2

Answers in Order:

No. I do not believe in a god/creator.

Yes, our world view is in the realm of science (and Yes, we bring meaning to life)

No, Godel's theorems are a reminder that one has to step outside the box of human thought

(sorry, Comology is not an area I discuss)

I am not certain of any real data that supports or denies how much 'science' in general religious people believe in or not (or any other types of people). We concentrate on the obvious - because we argue about it.

In my opinion, I share Joseph Campbell's definition of a living religion. According to this definition, "science" fits into a 'world view' - one of four components.

Answer 3

Do you have faith in Einstein's theory of area and Time? you do no longer realize it on something yet a basically precis point. Why is it real? when you bumble on that for eternity (yet another theory you may only understand on an precis point), why did Einstein, as properly as maximum different known Physicists you do no longer understand, have faith in God? only by means of fact a e book have been given co-opted by using a team attempting to pay interest potential for the duration of a time whilst governments have been susceptible does no longer recommend that it incredibly isn't all a working laptop or laptop application, an 8th-grade technological understanding honest test on a planet the place every person is clever sufficient that we could evaluate them omniscient, or a almost infinitely complicated universe created by using the theory-approximately a deity. You do understand that the large bang has been replaced by using string theory, which then have been given replaced by using M theory that's probably to quickly get replaced by using a sparkling theory, innovations-blowing? i don't recognize if there's a God or no longer, yet i recognize a action picture does not make somebody omniscient.

Answer 4

My understanding and I realize I could be wrong is that Science is based on facts, religion is based on organizations others have formed in their opinion and last something I don't recall you mentioning is your own spiritual beliefs based on what feels right to you.

Answer 5

I see no reason both cannot exist at the same time. Fundamentally speaking, faith in a higher power does not mean blind faith in the writings of man (the Bible.) Scientists seek the physical biological explanations; they cannot answer the spiritual. (And why would the spiritual exist at all if a higher power wasn't involved somehow in the beginning?)

Answer 6

Science is seeking truth. Religion is a mix of ignorance and wishful thinking.

Answer 7

I'm an agnostic that leans towards atheism.

Science simply attempts to give natural explanations for phenomena. It has no place for supernatural explanations which are untestable, and therefore unprovable.

It leaves these questions to philosophy and religion.

Answer 8

This is the philosophy section - try religion - or superstition or as you are asking of scientists try science.

Answer 9

The whole concept of "believing in" is unscientific - scientists don't believe in things, they make what observations and inferences they can and live with their limited suppositions.

Answer 10

I believe in Jesus, and God.