Science has something to do with what many people believe about spiritual things because science according to many is the only way to find things out and science says it cannot find a God or spirit. This no doubt is a misunderstanding of science and it's capabilities by many people and is a justification for their lack of belief by others.
Well then people misunderstand what science is.
Science is the best method we have for finding out things about the natural world from an as objective point of view as possible. The very idea of including God or the supernatural into science would ruin it. Because we do not know what it is supposed to be. The biblical God is capable of anything according to those that believe in him. Yet they have not demonstrated this to be true... so how could you expect a person, which might believe in another God to accept that? And how would you expect me to accept it as an atheist?
How would you even address an experiment, if you have no clue if God is fiddling with it? That is why God or the supernatural is not part of science. It doesn't care about God or the supernatural and is not meant to address it in any way, shape or form.
Religions have existed for thousands of years and absolutely no method for testing or verifying the supernatural have ever been produced. People got sick and tired of not knowing things and not being able to get any answers. Which ultimately led to science emerging, because some people, figured out that just guessing left right and centre didn't produce any answers in regards to what people experienced and observed in their daily lives.
Science is a method of dealing with how things are, for which we have no explanation, it doesn't care about believing in people or feeling sorry for anyone. It is evidently and undeniable that humans make mistakes and draw wrong conclusions, if nothing requires them to verify what they are saying is true.
I have no issue understanding why some people think that science is "against" God and the supernatural, but it is not an issue with science, its a problem with people, trying to make science do something for which it have nothing to do with.
And again, where do you suggest that science should start examine the supernatural?
It's true that science does not have a way of dealing with the supernatural but "science" has a way of telling things to the public which look like a denial of the supernatural.
What do you expect? We haven't seen anyone rise from the dead? We haven't seen anyone fly to something call heaven of a winged creature? We haven't seen anyone driving a cart in the skies drawn by goats and causing lightning?
What should a scientist or any person, looking at these story go tell people...
"We haven't observed any of these things, and have no clue how to examine them.... but don't worry they are probably as likely to be true as not, have a nice day."
That would be insane, if you could read such conclusion in scientific journals constantly.
Again, you have that person that have offered people a million dollars if they can demonstrate any form of supernatural abilities under controlled environment and yet not a single person have been able to do it. That would be a very good start to get science interested to begin with. But constantly and time after time, people have been shown to be frauds with no abilities whatsoever.
I wonder what the rating related to.
The add stays just clear of telling outright lies about what the product actually can detect. It's a gimmick product but no doubt people get sucked in. I have a couple of those in my garage for checking if the electrical power is connected to wires.
This is about people believing in things for which there is no logical reasons for. It is not a way to demonstrate truth and its fine, if people are not interested in truth and enjoy finding ghosts and believe in them.... but the moment they claim that these are real and argue that others should as well, then they better damn demonstrate it, it is not to much for any human to demand of someone else
We don't know what spirit or soul really is in physical terms, because it is not physical. Jesus said that His words were spirit and life.
And how do you know that Jesus is right? and not the ancient Norse:
The vættir (Old Norse; singular vættr) are spirits in Norse mythology. The term can be used to refer to the full cosmos of supernatural beings, including the álfar (elves), dvergar (dwarves), jötnar (giants), and gods (the Æsir and Vanir).
That is the whole issue here, how do you demonstrate that Jesus is right and not the Norse, or any of the other old religions that claim something else about what a spirit is, because im pretty sure, that Jesus did not mean that a spirit was a Giant or a dwarf?
When I write this sort of stuff sometimes I feel like the people who said that nothing heavier than air would be able to fly. (I guess they had not checked the weight of birds).
You are correct, but the difference is, that we can test that. And some did and they made a flying machine
That is true but it does not stop scientists from speaking as if the supernatural and God has been shown not to be real.
Most scientists are atheists, that is no secret... and most will also say that they do not see any evidence for a God or the supernatural.
However regarding NDEs, they certainly show consciousness and so life that can float around outside the human body and report verifiable things from even the next door room. If this shows something about how the brain works ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,wow, what a wonderful brain we have. It is almost as if the existence of spirit is real. But of course some scientists will never say this.
I have no clue, how this works, I haven't studied it. But for instance, people that are blind are also reported to dream in pictures with colors and being able to draw fuzzy images afterwards. How on earth is that possible? Yet we simply can't jump to the conclusion that this is then spirits or souls, until we have enough evidence to draw such conclusions.