yomamma said:
People are saying that science disproves the whole theory of god, and while I believe both science and god, there is no way to say if science is right.
First off, science neither proves nor disproves the existence of god (although it does disprove many things written in religious books). That makes your second point ("there is no way to say if science is right") irrelevant as well as wrong.
Science attempts to explain what we observe in the universe and scientific theories that don't match what we can observe are soon discarded. In other words, there usually are ways to say if science is right or wrong (even if we sometimes have to wait quite awhile for the technological capability to catch up so we can prove or disprove a theory). Some current theories will turn out to be wrong but many are right beyond the shadow of a doubt.
If one wants to believe in God, they could interpret science as revealing the details of how God created the universe and, if especially creative, find some message in the mechanics of the universe that reveal God's motivation for creating the universe. That would basically be a more sophisticated version of the religious writings currently in existence, since these explained the universe using the level of science for their own time. (Hopefully, the writer would learn from other religions' experiences and take some care not to let the core of his religion balance on a 'fact' of science that may later turn out to be wrong)
If one doesn't want to believe in God, they could believe in only the things that they can see and prove. Thinking of things beyond proof are a waste of time since there will never be any way to determine a 'right' answer.
Interestingly, one of the most important affects of religion is to affect the behavior of its believers. A person believing only in science could come to the same conclusions about the desired behaviors with no reference to a God. Simply put, most lasting religions are very common sense oriented and promote social behaviors that benefit their community. (God seems to like humans to behave in a way that improves the chances of civilization surviving). Of course, religion is also accused of motivating some very bad human behavior (the crusades, jihadist terrorism). But then, some pretty questionable behavior has been motivated by science as well (testing the effects of nuclear fallout on humans, German experiments during WWII).
Of course, science does have a problem addressing some human needs that religion can fill very capably. Humans aren't logical creatures - a great deal of human emotion is totally irrational and to deny that irrationality is to deny your humaness (something Bicycle Tree seems to be learning rather painfully in a few other threads - too much logic can result in open hostility). Science and math have a problem providing emotional support for the irrational side of humans.
