I believe in Science.
Science has neither proven or disproven the experience of Ghosts, God, Aliens, among other things. So when people ask do I believe in any of those things, I say, “I don’t know, I’m open minded until the day Science either proves or disproves the existence of ........” What am I consider? Technically I’m not an Athiest when it comes to God, because I don’t deny his existence. But I’m not a Christian or whatever, because I don’t “do believe” in him. Until proven otherwise.
What “belief system” do I follow?
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It's nice to know that you believe that God do exist. But knowing something and doing something about it is two different things. Let's illustrate, if I know something is wrong and continue doing it, or ignoring it does that mean it's ok, no because if we have the power to fix something that's wrong then we are guilty if we don't. Like in your case you said you believe in science but yet science have not proven to you why you should believe in it. But you also believe that God exist, so why not do some research or have a study of the bible to see for yourself which one is of facts.
The Bible,at Job 26:7, speaks of God as "hanging the earth upon nothing."Science says that the earth remains in its orbit in space primarily because of the interaction of gravity and centrifugal force. These forces, of course, are invincible. When science discovered the shape of the earth, the bible or God revealed way in advance before science, the shape of the earth and its existence at Isaiah 40:22.
Your concerned shows that you are not sure what you believe, please take a little time to look into God's word and see as you already admitted that God do exist and what it takes to become his friend. I guarantee you, you will not be disappointed. If you will like to know more about God and his existence and becoming friends with the Grand Creator a previledge that's given to you as a personal invitation please contact me or visit our website at JW.org and request a bible study, you will never regret.
You are uninstructed. You are agnostic, "without knowledge". You don't know enough of anything to believe it.
You say you believe science, but that is self contradictory. Science is a method of study, not a "belief system". If you investigate carefully you discover that science is based on human logic, which is the current version of an ancient Greek parlor game where you could have any result you wanted by changing the rules. Modern logic is a list of rules by which you can judge whether an argument is acceptable or not. Everybody has a different list, and it is invisible, so claiming to believe in science is the same as claiming to believe in any other made up story.
It gets worse: science is by definition only able to study observable effects. Anything spiritual is not observable. You can't fill a test tube with love and heat it and get hot love. You can't measure wisdom to say that one aphorism is wiser than another. But you can observe the effects of love and wisdom, so you can not reject those concepts as being unreal. The human scientist can not reconcile these shortcomings in his "belief system", but the bible student handles these concepts easily. That demonstrates the truth of 2 Timothy 1:7 "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." People who are unsaved have an unsound mind!
Science is anything that can be measured. Spirit is anything that can not be measured. The only way we can know anything about the spirit realm is if some spirit chooses to reveal it to us. All the revelations have been collected into a book. You can read it for yourself and decide if you believe it or not. A lot of people take a very dim view of the book and have been telling everybody it says a bunch of things it does not say, so you need to read the book for yourself, putting aside everything you have been told it says. Read a chapter of Proverbs every day. Proverbs has 31 chapters so you can keep your place by just looking at a calendar. When you are comfortable with that, then read the bible from Romans to 2 Thessalonians over and over until you start to remember what it says. That is the part that applies to Christians. Keep reading until you start to notice it says some things that are different from what you have been told it says. Keep reading until you figure out which is more reliable. Here is a book to help you to understand the bible. It's a free download and you can get a hard copy at any bible book store.
www.philologos.org/__eb-htetb/ "How To Enjoy The Bible"
We human beings have been given a mind that thinks, but we have also been given an intellect to discriminate. Your intellect tells you what is right and wrong, it tells you what to do and what not to do. Use your intellect to evaluate the situation. This universe has a creator, somebody has created the earth, somebody has created the stars, somebody has created you and me. All this magic - the sun, the moon, the stars, the birds, the animals, the flowers - all this didn't happen just because of a Big Bang and even if it happened because of a Big Bang, somebody created that Big Bang. That somebody is the creator. We may call the creator, God, but it doesn't matter. We have to believe that there is a power. The moment we believe that there is a power, we must go in quest of that power. Then we will realize ultimately, that power is the same power that is within us. It is the life within us. It is the power that makes us walk, talk - it is that very power. That’s why the scriptures say that the kingdom of God is within, that God lives in the temple of your heart. But don't believe in religion and don't believe in scriptures, go in quest of the Truth and realize it.