Do scientific people believe in god?

Question

what do scientific people believe about god? do they believe that there is something divine about this universe and ones beyond? or do they believe that if you cant prove it, its just not a fact? is everything just coincidence and happenstance, or are some there things that you cannot scientifically explain away and must be done by some higher power?

Answer 1

I'm sure there are a lot more scientists that believe in God than psychiatrists. They don't believe in spirits or ghosts or anything paranormal..so how could they believe in the Bible (full of paranormal experiences) so how could they believe in God? I'm sure if they go to church they're only pretending because why would they go there and pray and sing to somebody they don't believe hears them?. He can't...because He is a spirit (as in Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit)..and to them spirits don't exist.

Answer 2

According to a poll reported in Nature in 1997, I believe, 40% of scientists polled reported a belief in a god that answers prayer. I don't have any more details on how the poll was conducted or what has changed in the ensuing 10 years.

EDIT: For TheDude, a "scientific fact" isn't something that has been proven, since strictly speaking science cannot prove any hypothesis in absolute terms. Rather, a scientific fact is often described as "confirmed to such a degree that it would be absurd to withhold provisional assent". Not this is not an absolute statement, since all of science is open to revision. Also, "theory" does not mean unproven or tentative in science; rather, a theory is the  explanation for what we have established as scientific facts.

Answer 3

Some do.  But the percentage of scientists who believe in a god of some sort is much lower than the general population.  And the better of a scientist they are, the less belief they have.  96% of the members of the National Academy of Scientists are atheists.

We have never found anything that couldn't be explained by science - that is, through natural causes.

Answer 4

Like other categories of people, "scientific people" have a wide breadth of ideas and beliefs that are not used when defining them as "scientific".  

The common scientific view of God is that God is outside the realm of science - there can be no direct scientific proof for or against existence.  But then, isn't that what faith is all about, belief without proof?

Answer 5

Some do and some don't and only they can explain why or why not as we can only speculate.

Answer 6

there might be something that created us, but I dont believe that god said that homosexuality is a sin.

maybe its just a mix of physics, chemistry and random events. if some chemical goes together with another chemical, some THING will be created. if the gravity pulls down another chemical, this THING will change colour. then a strong wind was blowing and it threw this THING into the sea. then a fish evolved from this THING :]

but it could be god doing all those things.

if a human puts together this chip and that chip, this cable and that cable, we can create a TV. but instead of throwing it in the sea, we put the TV in the living room and we can watch MTV.

I'm wondering how can chemicals react with each other. maybe some unknown force is helping them. TV cannot be created by itself. a TV needs physical force. humans put together all those cables and chips to make a TV.

Answer 7

"super intelligent scientist today believe there is a God."

Not true, sorry but just isn't.

Answer 8

not sure what exactly you mean by "scientific people", whether that means actual scientists or just people who question things beyond, "yep, OK, that sounds fun, I'll believe in God!"  

I would say that whether a "science person" believes in God or not would depend on their specific field of science.  For instance, evolutionary biologists and geologists are probably more inclined to be athiests, as everything they study pretty much proves everything in the bible wrong (how the planet came to be, carbon dating, etc).  However, I'm sure a high school chem teacher could easily believe in God, they just play with chemicals and do math and stuff, which doesn't raise to many metaphysical questions.

So that's my anwser, it depend on the kind of scientist

Answer 9

As a science oriented individual, I don't believe in creation as set forth in the Bible. However, evolutionists state most commonly that the universe was created by the "big bang" theory, from a singularity. This is where God comes in. Why was there a singularity to begin with, and why did it go bang?? I simply don't see this as a random event. So to answer your question, a reasoning individual must actually accept both theories as being true, but not taken literally.

Answer 10

many scientists today believe there is a God.

Answer 11

Science is a process, not a kind of person.  Indeed, evidence and reason are important to someone who values the scientific process. Spiritual things, like theism, require faith, which by definition is that which can't be proved and has no empirical evidence.  There are many scientists who believe in god, however the majority of do not.

The gist of your question comes down to personal belief.  Science offers no data directly supporting the existence of a supernatural deity.  Furthermore, much of what used to be attributed to supernatural deities has been explained via scientific investigation.  That doesn't mean you can't believe in both a supernatural deity and the methods of science.