Science and the belief in God – A video short for a Sunday afternoon

Published on Nov 23, 2012 by Simon Wellington, just 10 minutes long.

Quotes from the video:

„Men became scientific because they expected Law in Nature, and they expected Law in Nature because they believed in a Legislator.” C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Philosopher and author
„Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.” Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Physician and Mathematician, Father of Calculus
„The best data we have [concerning the Big Bang] are exactly what I would have predicted, had I nothing to go on but the five books of Moses, the Psalms, the Bible as a whole.” Dr. Arno Penzias, PhD Nobel Laureate in Physics 1978
„For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance, he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock; he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.” Robert Jastrow (1925-2008) God and the astronomers.
„The Universe has been wrought for us by a Supremely Good and Orderly Creator.” „My goal is to find the truth in God’s majestic creation.” Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish Astronomer developed heliocentric theory of solar system.
„For God is like a skillful Geometrician.” Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) Philosopher of Science
„Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thous seen the treasures of the hail…” Job 38:22 KJV
„Mathematics is the language with which God has written the Universe.” Galileo, Galilei (1564-1642) Italian Astronomer/Mathematician.
„For me, the beauty of the scientific laws only reinforces my faith in an Intelligent, Divine creative force at work.” Dr. John Lennox, Oxford Professor of Mathematics and Philosopher of Science
„We know that nature is described by the best of all possible mathematics because God created it.” Dr. Alexander Polyakov, Former: Moscow State University, Faculty: Princeton University
„The exquisite order displayed by our scientific understanding of the physical world calls for the Divine.” Vera Kistiakowsky, Former MIT Physicist.
„Both religion and natural science require a belief in God for their activities, to the former He is the starting point, and to the latter the goal of every thought process. To the former He is the foundation, to the latter, the crown of the edifice of every generalized world view.” Max Planck (1858-1947) Founder of Quantum Theory
„It is God who is the ultimate reason of things, and the knowledge of God is no less the beginning of science than His essence and Will are the beginning of things.” Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) Mathematician, Historian, and Philosopher.
„I do not share the foolish incoherence of the scientist who would contest the existence of God, who would close his ears to what the heavens declare, and refuse to see what shines before his eyes. To know God, to love Him, to render to him a pure homage, that is true knowledge and the study of the wise.” Andre Marie Ampere (1775-1836) Author: ‘The True Scientist’, Father of Electrodynamics