Why would a scientist be religious at the same time?

Answer 1

because they are in seperate domains of thought.

Answer 2

Why not. Being religious does not mean that you ignore science. It merely means that the scientist understands the physical world and seeks answers for those things they do not know. There is no reason why, right or wrong, they cannot feel that somewhere there was some supreme being that started things - at least until the real answers are revealed.

Remember that 1000 years ago many things were attributed to super powers that people did not understand. Today, we have the answers to things considered to be caused by the gods. Winds, lightening, illness, wind, bad harvests and the order of the Universe. Way back, superstition and imagination ruled the common thought.

Answer 3

Any *true* scientist would have to conclude that there is a Creator God for the universe to have come into existence in all of its complexity and infinite perfection, from the vastness of space, the many galaxies, the multitude of stars, the many planets, comets, asteroids, moons, meteors, down to the smallest sub-atomic particle, and everything in between. It could not possibly have been an accident or evolution that the earth is situated at exactly the right distance from the sun, tilted at just the right angle, has just the right mixture of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide and other gases to sustain life in all of its diverse forms, the fact that there is at least one very significant molecule which is less dense in its solid form than its liquid form, so that all of the life which lives in fresh water doesn't die when temperatures are low enough to cause lakes, ponds, rivers, creeks and streams to freeze over in temperate and artic regions, high elevations, etc. Because of this, any intelligent and honest person, scientist or not, would almost *have* to believe in a superior being with intelligence superior to any of the great intellecual persons who have ever lived. However, this would *not* be the same as being "religious", because people can be religious about guns, their trade or profession, their belief in evolution, their worship of Mother Earth, their belief in global warming, their belief in global cooling (in the 1970s), their belief in their own intellect, etc.

Answer 4

There are many scientists who believed in god... Do the research. Despite what some people say, there is nothing in true science that contradicts the bible. Matter of a fact the bible speaks about a lot of things we have only recently (past 100-150 years) found out.

Answer 5

Honest scientists that objectively examine all of the evidence see that the scientific facts support the existence of God. All of science that counters this fact is unproved theories. The only things that science has thus far proved false is previously proved scientific fact.
Really take an honest look at all of the facts.
God bless

Answer 6

Godel's Law says that a system of knowing can either be complete, or consistant. Given that science prides itself on consistancy, it therefore *cannot* be complete. As such, something else needs to fill certain gaps. Religion is one such way of filling that gap. Non-religion is also a way of filling that gap, as well.

Answer 7

Because not everyone is so set on making them incompatible. The key is deciding whether or not to take your mythology as mythology. There are plenty of rational religious people out there, including myself, who know better than to claim that their mythology can be credible as historically or scientifically accurate....

Answer 8

Listen here buddy, I suck at multi-tasking. I can either be on my knees in church begging for forgiveness for all my failings, or I can be contemplating my next evil scheme for world domination with Pinky.

Answer 9

What do you mean, why? Why can't a scientist believe in God?

Answer 10

It might be that the more you know about natural science the greater is the tendency to be awed by it.

Answer 11

science and spirituality or religion go hand in hand they are two sides of the same coin