To worship your god, isn't studying science better than praying or reading a holy book?

Personally I believe it is a good way to worship God, however most people study science to disprove God instead of leaving it to others to decide.

Take the big bang, there is no proof for or against the belief that even though the Big Bang happened, that a God had nothing to do with it. Evolution is a fact, however there is no proof for or against a God having put the system of evolution into motion in the first place.

Simply put, believers in God can never prove that there is one, and scientists can never prove that there isn't one. Instead of fighting about it, it should be left to individuals to look at facts and make the decisions themselves.

And notice that someone who thinks people should be forced to believe what they are told voted me down...loser, try reading a post before you judge it.

Buddhism is a powerful science of mind. The Dalai Lama said that if science discovers something that contradicts Buddhist ideas, then we have to change the Buddhist ideas. Right now, there doesn't seem to be any evidence that the Earth was created in a mere seven days, so it seems that we should regard the idea of the Earth being created in seven days as an analogy, myth, or the sequence rather than the time period. A Buddhist teacher once said, "All beliefs are ridiculous." When asked again what he was saying about beliefs, he said "All beliefs are ridiculous... Now doesn't that sound ridiculous?" That doesn't mean that religions are not genuine paths to wisdom and freedom from suffering. All religions seem to agree that we should learn to love one another and have compassion for all people, and that that is the cure for suffering. You won't get that kind of stuff out of a book on physics, even though it is true. However, you could practice a genuine personal science of mind. Really look at how your mind works. That's science, isn't it? And that is the science of Buddhism. Meditation is really just doing nothing and seeing what happens. But, most people need some help with that, so we say to pay attention to your breathing. And when you lose track of your breathing, you just bring your attention back. And in that way you gradually discover how your mind works. What kind of better science is there?

Science is a VERY good way to understand God. Scriptures say the the heavens declare the glory of God and the works of his hands ect. We can learn the majesty of God and the goodness through seeing food and families and so forth.

However by looking at nature alone we do not get complete revelation of God namely the Gospel and the message of salvation through Jesus the Christ. Often in the scriptures God spoke direct specific words and these are more personal and expressive then a tree or an atom and so forth.

Lastly, I would like to say that the Bible is the only book from God and this is backed by many infallible evidences and secondly just because the Bible was written through man it was done by the power of God. Man does not always have to create error for instance they can make a phone book that has no errors and in this case especially since God the almighty was with them.

Well if you're studying science for the sole purpose of worshiping god than its very good! BUT, you shouldn't compromise your worship and prayer. Stay steadfast on the path of worship, and always remember that the most amazing things in the universe were of Gods creation. And by the way, the Quran wasn't written by humans. It was sent from God like the Torah and Bible.

Yes. Science is a path to God. I don't know why religions fear studying the magnificence of God's work. The more scientist discover, the more wondrous existence appears to be. Studying how God's design works does not contradict his being the creator.

A joke that highlights this point: A scientist claims to know how to create life, so he challenges God. God accepts his challenge.God throws a hand-full of dirt into the air and a man is created from it. The scientist claims he can do that as well. He goes to grab a hand-full of dirt when God stops him and says "hey use your own dirt".

Moral "scientist can learn everything and it will still lead back to God who created everything!

I have read the Bible yet I'm an atheist and have been since the beginning of my rational understanding. I do not misunderstand the Bible, most religious people however do. They skip the repulsive parts about rape, incest, infanticide, etc. and pick out the parts that they personally like. They will condemn homosexuals yet skip the parts in the Bible where it clearly says it's a sin to work on the Sabbath, wear clothing of mixed fibers, having premarital sex, etc. Science has the answers.

No.....first off your making it seem that people made these religions from the top of their heads...It was the word of God that was sent to prophets such as Mohamed Jesus or Moses...they were all messengers that delivered what God had told them to deliver....and i do agree that God created everything and therefore science is key to understand nature,,,,,but religious books and place of worship has to be apart of understanding the deeper meaning of your chosen religion.. science only explains the way of nature but it doesn't explain the history they are both considered equal in my opinion they are both equally important to understand any religion......

I think both are important. Science tells us how things work but holy books tell of of things that fall outside the realm of science, like miracles. Holy books also help us to have faith in things we can't see or explain. Science cannot do that. Science is just about the explanation. While science does help us understand God, better Holy books help us with the "personal" side of God.

There is no logic in your reasoning.

I do believe in a God who accurately communicated Himself through Holy, written Scriptures which God has taken care to preserve as to the accuracy of the message they communicate - even while using fallible men to do it; even though they were written over 1500 years by perhaps 40 authors - and are known today as the Bible.

But if you want to hear from a man who both believes the Bible and is an astrophysicist by trade, go to:

http://www.reasons.org/

Or watch this video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4136610474...

Why not do both? I don't read science books for spiritual inspiration and ethical guidance, nor do I read the Bible for scientific explanations. They both end up telling me a lot about God.