Can a scientist also be religious?

Question

Can a scientist also be religious?

Answer 1

Of course . . . they can be . . . very easily . . . they used their religious knowledge to expand man's viewpoint . . . usually they are very open minded . . . and great conversationalist . . . and love to debate.

Answer 2

I follow Hindu religion. For the Hindus the two major epics are the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

There has been a strong debate amongst the Hindus if they were real stories or fiction. Ones who debate over this topic hasnt understood the purpose of the great books.

Ramayana and Mahabharata were written to teach the people a way of life. Its about decision making in life. Ramayana and Mahabharata shows every situation a person, be a scientist, a teacher, an administrator or from any profession, will encounter in his/her life.

Ramayana and Mahabharta doenst tell you what decisions to make. It just tells you the consequences of your action. Its you who has to take the decision and face the consequence.

A person who really has understood the hindu religion is actually following a lifestyle guided by the 2 epics.

So profession doesnt decide your religious inclinatiion.

Answer 3

Absolutely. A scientist looks for facts to support a working hypothesis and must be very objective. But he or she can personally have strong religious faith. I often think the more a scientist knows, the more he or she must be tempted to believe there is something out there more powerful than us.

Answer 4

Sure. It would be hard for a scientist to take the Christian creation stories literally, but most forms of religion do not prohibit science.

Answer 5

Eintstein, Neuton, Calvin were all very religious and they saw science as proof of gods existance. Not the other way around.

Scientists who tell you science is proof that religion is false have taken the easy route out - not the correct one.

Answer 6

Belief in a deity and science are not mutually exclusive.

In fact the closer we get to the significant events in the universe the better we understand that there are things that appear to be in the hands of that deity and that we can better understand Him(Her) as well as this universe we were given

Answer 7

Sure, Newton, Pascal, Duhem, Faraday, Gosse,Townes and others were very religious. The link below is has a very good list.

Answer 8

yes, a scientist can also be religious.

my science teacher last year was Christian.

Answer 9

Ofcourse they can be.Anyone that wishes to be religious can be if they want to.

Answer 10

yes