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I tend to think it is better not to speculate too much about what science might, or might not, discover or explain in the future. Our history is peppered by people left red faced by predicting such things and then being proven wrong.
The best we can do is operate on the data and knowledge we have NOW while of course working hard to extend that knowledge base in any way we can.
So I have no idea what science may or may not rule in the future regarding god. What I do know now is that all my scientific study has thus far left me entirely unaware of a single piece of argument, data, evidence or reasoning to even lend a modicum of credence to the claim there IS a god.
No. It won't. There will always be those that deny God's existence--and that number may increase in future years but ultimately, you cannot disprove the supernatural using natural science.
I think that what it will do is continue to close the gaps for God so that the traditional 'Who made everything then?' simply will not work anymore.
Even then, there will still be room for believers to postulate an invisible and pretty much indistinguishable God even if there was no unexplained mechanism left for it to be undetectably behind.
But then, if we had got to that stage, I find it hard to believe that the Bible and Gospels would still be considered valid in any way other than a metaphorical or symbolic myth. Religion, rather than theism would be the possibility ruled out.
I rather think that the article has fallen into the old logical pitfall of equating possible creator with Biblegod. If Biblegod and its religion goes, then a possible creator is an academic possibility, even if there are gaps for it.
Scientists have speculated that the human brain features a "God spot," one distinct area of the brain responsible for spirituality. Now, University of Missouri researchers have completed research that indicates spirituality is a complex phenomenon, and multiple areas of the brain are responsible for the many aspects of spiritual experiences. Based on a previously published study that indicated spiritual transcendence is associated with decreased right parietal lobe functioning, MU researchers replicated their findings. In addition, the researchers determined that other aspects of spiritual functioning are related to increased activity in the frontal lobe.
Religious Experiences Shrink Part of the Brain
A study links life-changing religious experiences, like being “born again,” with atrophy in the hippocampus
Science does not say, "there is no god." Science says, "there is no evidence of a god." So rather than asking whether or not science will eventually disprove god, it's more epistemologically sound to ask whether or not science will find evidence of a god. I'm not holding my breath......
Nor will science rule out the possibility of Zeus or leprechauns.
Science will, however, continue to find no evidence for any of the three.
Of course it has. Look around you. The evidence is there. Tell us, if you can, where the universe came from. Tell us what started it...how it all began. Don't say the Big Bang. Tell us how the singularity got there before the Big Bang. Where did the matter come from? The space for it to expand to?
Of course it has. Look around you. The evidence is there. Tell us, if you can, where the universe came from. Tell us what started it...how it all began. Don't say the Big Bang. Tell us how the singularity got there before the Big Bang. Where did the matter come from? The space for it to expand to?
argument from ignorance just because you don't know does not mean god did it that's brinze age thinking read astronomy if you want to learn more about he universe, visit a space museum. read Lawrence Krauss' Universe from Nothing. learn some science, read a history book on why ancient primitive peoples invent gods
argument from ignorance just because you don't know does not mean god did it that's brinze age thinking read astronomy if you want to learn more about he universe, visit a space museum. read Lawrence Krauss' Universe from Nothing. learn some science, read a history book on why ancient primitive peoples invent gods
I challenge you to tell me what created the universe, if not God. You guys claim science of the gaps for anything and everything--from origins to evolution. Logically speaking, science cannot account for the origins of the universe.
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