Scientists & God

    They are some scientists that do not believe in God, while others do. While there is no scientific consensus that God does or does not exist, as science focuses on natural explanations and empirical evidence.

    This may lead some scientists to find the concept of God unnecessary. Not-With-Standing the fact that science “cannot disprove or prove” the existence of God, then it is the religious belief (Hebrews 11:1) that involves faith and supernatural (Leviticus 19:31)  explanations, which are not within the realm of scientific inquiry.

    Scientists that do not believe in God because they are not a part of nature, supernatural entities that cannot be investigated by science directly. In that sense, science and religion are separate and address aspects of human understanding in different ways.

    Attempts to pit science and religion against each other create controversy where none needs to exist. This to, happens with different religions held by the individual concepts.

    There are famous scientists who “Do Not Believe” God. For example, Milton Friedman who was a highly influential American economist, statistician, and public intellectual. 

Milton Friedman

    Roald Hoffmann is a Polish-American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. 

Roald Hoffmann

    Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize-winning American theoretical physicist and a well-known science communicator. 

Richard Feynman

    Niels Bohr was a highly influential Danish physicist known for his groundbreaking contributions to atomic structure and quantum theory.

Niels Bohr

    Élie Metchnikoff also spelled Élie Metchnikoff, was a zoologist from the Russian Empire of Moldavian noble ancestry best known for his research in immunology and thanatology.

Élie Metchnikoff

    And Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian neurologist and Nobel laureate known for her groundbreaking research on nerve growth factor (NGF).

Rita Levi-Montalcini

    They were listed as religiously Jewish who were ethnically and perhaps culturally Jewish who did not believe in a God and self-identified as atheists.

    Stephen Hawking was an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist who did not believe in God. While he explicitly stated that he believed the simplest explanation for the universe's existence was that there is no God, and that no one created the universe or directs our fate according to National Catholic Reporter.

Stephen Hawking

    While he used the term "God" in his early work, particularly in "A Brief History of Time," to refer to the "mind of God," a unified theory of everything, he clarified in later writings like "The Grand Design" that he wasn't referring to a creator in the traditional sense, but rather to the laws of nature themselves. 

    He also expressed skepticism about the existence of heaven (John 3:16) and an afterlife (John 11:25), comparing the cessation of consciousness to a computer shutting down.   

    However, there are many scientists across history and in the present day that believe in God. While some view science and religion as conflicting, many scientists find that “their faith” (Hebrews 11:1) and their scientific pursuits are compatible, or even complementary. 

    A significant portion of scientists, even some of the most renowned, have expressed belief in a higher power. 

    Religion and Science as Allies including Galileo was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath.

Galileo

    Physicist Sir Isaac Newton was a towering figure in the history of science, renowned for his groundbreaking work in physics, mathematics, and astronomy. He is best known for formulating the laws of motion and universal gravitation, which revolutionized our understanding of the universe.

Sir Isaac Newton

     And astronomer Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer and mathematician, renowned for his laws of planetary motion which significantly impacted our understanding of the solar system.

Johannes Kepler

     All were deeply devout and often viewed their work as a way to illuminate God's creation. (See Religion and Science: A Timeline.)

    The world's major religions include Buddhism was founded in India with emphasizes practices and philosophies leading to enlightenment,

    Christianity is the monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. 

    Hinduism is one of the oldest religions that originating in the Indian subcontinent with diverse beliefs and practices. 

    Islam is the monotheistic religion based on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. 

    And Judaism One of the oldest monotheistic religions, considered a root of both Christianity and Islam

    Other significant religions include Confucianism which is a philosophy and belief system focused on social harmony and ethical conduct. 

    Taoism is an ancient Chinese philosophy and religion that emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao (the way). 

    Sikhism originated in India that emphasizing faith in one God and social justice. 

    Shinto is an ancient Japanese religion focused on nature worship and spirits.

    And Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest religions originating in Persia with a focus on good and evil. 

    These are often categorized alongside folk religions which is a systems of belief and practice closely tied to a specific culture or ethnicity and it often existing outside the framework of organized and mainstream religions. 

    Indigenous Religions also known as traditional or primal religions and encompass the diverse spiritual beliefs and practices of Indigenous peoples worldwide. These religions are often deeply rooted in local cultures and emphasizing relationships with the natural world, ancestors, and spiritual entities. They are characterized by their oral traditions with connection to specific lands, and lack of formal doctrines or centralized religious institutions.

Indigenous Religions

    And New Religious Movements also known as new religions which are religious or spiritual groups with modern origins that are often considered peripheral to a society's dominant religious culture. These movements can be novel or develop from existing religions and distinguishing themselves as unique denominations or branches. 

New Religious Movements

     My Faith and Religion is called, “Faith Based” (2 Corinthians 5:7) which is a systems of belief that center on faith in a higher power or powers (Romans 13:1 & 2) and often involve specific doctrines, rituals, and moral codes adapted from God’s word with its unique set of beliefs and practices based on Jesus’ and His Second Coming.

Faith Based

    As you can see, there are different religions in our society. Therefore, religion (James 1:26) and that practice alone cannot get you into Heaven.