Are there any Christian or Religious Scientists? And, if so, ...?

Question

how do they reconcile their religion with their findings in the scientific community?

Happyfriendly2002: I know you may not follow up and read this, but I'm not asking for you to go, "Huh?", like you did when someone asked why Noah didn't bother trying to save others when he knew he would have to save his own family....

Answer 1

I have listened to scientists, some are believers some are not, who don't agree with things like evolution.

I also have a friend who is a rocket scientist for NASA who told me that there are many people within the organization who believe in Jesus Christ and scoff at some of the "main stream" teachings of science in our public institutions.

Answer 2

I wish I could find the poll that addressed this, but I can't. You'll just have to take my word for it, I suppose. Sorry about that. Anyway, a few months ago, I read the results of a survey that was taken in 1997 among scientists, asking, among other things, whether or not they believed in God. Something like 40% of them said yes. I was shocked. It really wouldn't surprise me if they kept it quiet though, out of the fear that their peers might see them as not being as intelligent or logical as they should be. We're quite judgmental of these things, as you can tell by taking a five-minute stroll through R&S on any given day.

If you're asking how scientists can reconcile the creation story in the Book of Genesis with modern scientific findings, many people- myself included- believe in something called the ''gap theory.'' To be brief, this theory states that something must have happened between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. This is known as the ''Pre-Adamic Period.'' This belief can be crossreferenced with the books of Proverbs, Isaiah, 2 Corinthians, Revelation, and others, to show that there was most likely a creation before us, and will be another after us (the latter part is definitely more well known). This way, science can be right, and religion can be right, with no interference between the two.

Peace,
Drew

Answer 3

Sure. Good science is about not allowing personal beliefs to bias what the evidence and facts point to but it doesn't mean you can't have a number of beliefs. You just have to set preconceived notions aside when you do science. If you don't it leads to biased and incorrect results but in science those who come behind you and try to use your results and build on them will eventually realize they are bogus. So its eventually self correcting. So far imperfect as it is science is proving the most useful to humanity way of learning about our world, universe, and reality.

Answer 4

Gee, I see very little difference between the two these days except for the findings on how earth and humans came to be.

I'm related to a scientist.

Answer 5

Ken Miller is a champion of evolution at Brown University but he is also a practicing Catholic and, as such, a believer in God. Here is an excerpt from a book of his:

http://www.findingdarwinsgod.com/excerpt/index.html

Answer 6

Many scientists are Christian, Moslem, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Shinto, Confucian etc etc. They have no problem reconciling science and their religion. The only religious people who have problems are the Old Testament Fundamentalists. Many of the OTFs call themselves Christian but they are not.

Answer 7

In The US 40% of the scientist believe in God. Is Simple, they see Evolution as the way things happened, And Us their faith to reconcile or the holes in the multiple scientific theories. Not Nesesarily Christian Belief, but Jewish and Muslim as well.

Answer 8

Father LeMaitre, the man who furthered the Big Bang Theory, did such. He even told the pope at the time to stop saying the Big Bang proved creation. He knew how to keep religion and science separate.

Answer 9

Einstein was. So was Charles Darwin, Newton, Copernicus, etc etc.

Today, sure, heaps. Don't you guys realise that science is not a threat? It's a tool! It's a means to better understand the world around us. A belief in God is not incompatible with an adherence to scientific method.

Answer 10

no einstein was not religious. he did not believe in the 'god' of christianity/judaism/islam, he referred to the universe as 'god' and if anything he was a deist or an atheist.


there are, but not many.