God and the Hereafter

Scientific Evidence In this regard, we should first know what ‘scientific evidence’ actually is. According to contemporary science, scientific evidence of something is not that one must arrive at a position of complete certainty about it. This sort of irrefutable certainty is not possible concerning anything at all. According to modern science, to prove something intellectually means proving its probability. The theories generally accepted in modern science are accepted thus only because their probability is established, rather than at the level of observation. Accepting the structure of the atom as truth is an example of this. To accept the existence of the world of the Hereafter, too, one will have to use this same accepted scientific method. The use of other methods will, in principle, not be appropriate. Nevertheless, we cannot deny the use of the same scientific method concerning the world of the Hereafter that we regard as valid in other matters. Developing a scientific theory requires that one begins with a hypothesis, engages in observation, and then seeks to verify the theory in the light of the knowledge one gains from observation. If this three-point formula is employed concerning the existence of the world of the Hereafter, we can obtain supportive evidence or probability, another name for which is certainty in scientific terms. While studying this issue, one fact that emerges is the distinction of man from other creatures. A unique feature