Why Science (but not Scientists) Advocates Belief in God

The scientific support for belief in God is overwhelming.  Individual scientists, in many cases, oppose that conclusion.  Let’s look at both of these statements.

Science has a lot of unanswered questions, but two of them are relevant here.  They are (1) Fine Tuning of the Universe and (2) Consciousness.

(1)     The universe is so precisely conditioned (by Fine Tuning) to support the existence of life that no reasonable person believes it is all coincidence.  There are at least twenty-seven physical parameters that govern the universe, and each of them must fall within a narrow range of values if the universe is to support life, human life, and human civilization (including science).  One of those parameters is so precise that were it to differ by an unimaginably tiny amount, the universe would be more like a brick of steel than the dynamic place it is.

(2)    Consciousness is so profound a mystery to science because it is the only observed fact which observes itself.  Your inward experience of consciousness cannot be expressed in any physical terms that fit into any scientific explanation.  Consciousness is scientific evidence that we are spiritual creatures inhabiting physical bodies.  Consciousness does not arise from anything physical.  It is its own, separate thing.

In short, science can explain everything except science and scientists.

Some scientists reject a belief in God, not for scientific reasons, but because of a philosophy which they mistakenly believe is supported by science.  That philosophy is called, physicalism.  Physicalism states that nothing exists except the physical.  That philosophy has no explanation for fine tuning and consciousness, except for vague ideas that have no compelling physical basis.

In short, then, science supports faith in God, no matter what some scientists say or believe.

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