What scientific evidence is there heaven exists?

[Anonymous]

[OneViewpoint]

There is zero evidence that Heaven or Hell exist or the Christian "God" for that matter. All the evidence says "Gods" are universally created by humans in their own image to satisfy their own fears and insecurities about things they don't understand. Religion has always been a mechanism for a few to control the masses.

[Anonymous]

I think it's not a scientific issue, it's related to faith

[Effably]

Scientific? None. There is nothing that meets a scientific standard. That is not to say there is nothing interesting.

So first let me be exceedingly clear, the following experiment is often used as a case study of bad experimental design. But it is very interesting, often cited, popular, and has not been reproduced.

A little more than a hundred years ago a scientist named MacDougall came up with the simple theory that if souls exist, souls must be tangible. Tangible things have weight. Souls must have weight. If a soul leaves for heaven when we die, a body should weigh less the moment a person dies.

To confirm this, MacDougall who was a physician by trade found six volunteers who near the end of their lives did not mind being weighed. Or rather, having some scales supporting the bed. It was done quite respectfully although morbid.

Five of the six, saw no noticable change.
However, a sixth participant had a sudden shift of 21 grams of weight. If you have ever heard it said a soul weighs 21 grams, this is where that comes from.

Naturally, one in six is not an established pattern. Six people is too little. MacDougall had too much incentive to fudge the numbers. But the mystery still remains, where did the 21 grams go and what was it?

Humans, shortly after death lose weight. This is a process of our body briefly breaking down muscle and such for a period after we die. But 21 grams instantenously? It was, and remains, a puzzle.

At the end of the day it is only a curiousity. If a soul had weight and left after a day, we would struggle to notice as other bodily processes reducing weight also happen.

There have been quite a lot of small experiments done to prove theological phenomena is more than an abstract make-believe. Unfortunately for any believer, at least as of today, there have been no verifiable, reproducable, evidence of God, Heaven or greater spirituality.

I'd like to just throw out that all matter is energy. Humans are just energy coming together. When we die, we return to a state of pure energy. This is part of why there is some actual stardust in each of us. Well, who is to say Heaven, if it exists, is not a state of energy unison? We do know that exists.

[Hobobobo]

This question makes me think that you don't really understand what science is or how it works.

Just to refresh on the basics, science is the study of observable, recordable, and communicable data obtained through repeatable experimentation as well as observing reality in its natural and uncontrolled state.

With this basic definition, it becomes pretty clear that your question doesn't make sense. Until someone invents a machine that can travel back and forth from a spiritual realm and the mundane physical world, there is no way to gather information about if there is or is not a Heaven or any other spiritual place.

And perhaps one may theorize that the spirit realm (s) emit some kind of energy or particle into our reality so a device need not go to the spiritual realm to detect it. Well maybe that explains dark matter and dark energy, but unfortunately we don't have any devices or techniques capable of usefully gathering data on that.

For the moment, these kinds of things are unknowable. It's not just that humanity is ignorant, it's that we can't even imagine a way that we could begin attempting to gain scientific data to answer these questions.

I hope that helps. I also hope that my tone came across as helpful rather than condescending. I have been told some don't like the way I explain things because it makes them feel stupid. I hope you don't feel stupid, but feel smarter and more educated now that you know this.

[jshm2]

Science cannot deal with the metaphysical or heaven. It's outside its purview.

Like asking what lawyer can deal with the complications of heart surgery. They are two very different disciplines.

[slatyb]

Absolutely none. There is no evidence for any currently popular religion, or any religion ever. They were all created by people.

[MikeRJ]

The supernatural lies outside the realm of science.

[seeyounexttuesday]

If you were a baby in the womb, what is the scientific evidence your mother exists?

[jahaims]

Don't hurt yourself. You almost used logic.

[seeyounexttuesday]

@jahaims And you continued to be a fucktard

[FunkyMonkee]

None!! It doesn't exist!

[Anonymous]

zero evidence