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Originally Posted by Just a guy
The fact that Man desires, fortune, fame and power and has used religion to obtain these is more an indictment of these people, rather than religion itself.
Much is made about no proof of God. I can’t observe something, then it can’t be real. Science, don’t you know.
We believe in electricity but cannot observe an electron. We can predict it, but not observe it. Is electricity a hoax? No
We believe in gravity, but cannot observe the gravitational pull mechanism. Does gravity exist? Yes
It is a rule of physics that matter cannot be created nor destroyed. Yet everything came from something. The Big Bang does not answer this. The matter from the explosion had to come from somewhere or this basic rule of physics is incorrect. If someone can explain this, I have not heard a reasonable explanation yet.
What about time? When did time start? Be interested to hear how time just came to be.
There are many things in science that are believed because of predictability, not through observation.
I believe that both can coexist. Even Einstein deeply believed in God.
I personally spent a lot of my life as an agnostic, but that is the easy path. Not in one camp or the other. Once I opened my self to the existence of God and opened my mind to asking God to help guide me I have seen a remarkable change in my life. Now people will say that is psychological and not God. Not true! I cannot count the number of times that my prayers have been answered. Not just simple coincidences, but direct pleas that are answered.
I expect to be ridiculed and I am fine with that. I have faith in science and God.
I just ask that before responding negatively please answer the mysteries above
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God and science are not mutually exclusive. Science simply tries to explain why things are the way they are. The scientific method is simply a process vetting theories about the nature of things.
Many things were seen as mysterious and miraculous in the past, and therefore evidence of God, but once explained by science they became just natural phenomenon. If there is a God then his 'mysterious ways' could be explained by science. Not now, maybe not with our current understanding of physics, maybe not in this dimension, maybe not given a billion years, but there is ultimately an explanation. Explaining how God answers your prayers, if you believe he does, shouldn't minimize the act.
The corollary to that, is that no 'miracle' should be used to 'prove' the existence of God. At best they might suggest the existence of something we don't understand yet.