10 Ways the Scientific Method Proves God (Even When Atheists Use It)
Is Christian faith really the enemy of science? That’s what we hear all the time. But what if I told you the scientific method itself relies on assumptions that only make sense if Christianity is true? In this article, we’re going to break down each of the ten steps of the scientific method and show how every one of them presupposes the existence of the God of the Bible.
This isn't a debate tactic. It's a worldview analysis. We're not just asking, "Can atheists do science?" Of course they can. What we’re asking is: does their worldview make sense of science? That’s a very different question.
Let’s get into it.
Step 1: Observation Presupposes a Real, Knowable World
Science begins with observing the world. But here's the thing—you can only observe something if it actually exists outside your mind. This step assumes that the external world is real.
Atheism, especially materialistic naturalism, can't justify this. If we're just brains in vats or chemical reactions firing off randomly, how do we know there's a real world out there? You can't get "objective reality" from subjective, unguided processes.
Christianity starts with a God who created the heavens and the earth (Gen. 1:1) and placed man in that world to observe it and take dominion (Gen. 1:28). We believe there is an external world because God made it, and He made us to interact with it.
Step 2: Asking Questions Presupposes Logic
Before any experiment can happen, we have to ask a question. That act assumes logic is real and reliable.
The very idea of a question assumes the law of non-contradiction—that a thing cannot be both true and false at the same time in the same way. But logic isn’t material. It’s not made of atoms. It’s immaterial, universal, and unchanging.
That kind of thing only makes sense if there's a universal, unchanging, rational mind behind the universe. Sound familiar? The laws of logic reflect the thinking of the Triune God. Atheism gives you neurons firing. Christianity gives you logic grounded in God's mind.
Step 3: Forming a Hypothesis Requires Trustworthy Intuition
Hypotheses are predictions. When you form one, you're using intuition—that internal sense aimed at discovering truth.
But evolution, as understood by most atheists, doesn’t prioritize truth. It prioritizes survival. There’s no mechanism in naturalism that ensures your brain evolved to tell you what's true. It just had to help your ancestors not die.
Christianity, on the other hand, teaches that we are made in the image of God (Gen. 1:27), with minds designed to discover truth. That includes intuitive knowledge.
Step 4: Research Assumes Ethical Standards
Scientific research must be fair and unbiased. That’s not just a good idea—it’s a moral obligation. But here’s the kicker: where does that obligation come from in atheism?
If morality is just a social construct or a personal preference, then there's no reason not to fudge your data if it helps your career or your cause. But if there is a righteous, holy God who commands honesty (Ex. 20:16), then moral standards make sense.
God hates unequal weights and measures (Prov. 20:10). Christians have every reason to pursue truth objectively. Atheism? Not so much.
Step 5: Planning Experiments Requires Inductive Reasoning
Science involves running tests on small samples and drawing conclusions about the whole. That’s inductive reasoning.
But why assume that what happens in your test tube will happen the same way across the universe? Why think the laws of nature will hold tomorrow like they do today?
Christianity teaches that Jesus Christ upholds the universe by the word of His power (Heb. 1:3). The consistency of nature is grounded in the faithfulness of God.
Atheism offers no reason to expect uniformity in nature. If the universe is random and unguided, why should it behave predictably?
Step 6: Running the Experiment Presupposes Valid Sense Experience
To run an experiment, you have to trust your senses—sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. But can atheism justify trust in our senses?
If our minds are just the product of blind processes, how do we know our sense experiences correspond to reality? You don’t get truth from accidents.
Scripture tells us our senses were created by God for interacting with the real world (1 John 1:1). They're not infallible, but they're trustworthy because they were designed for that purpose.
Step 7: Retooling the Experiment Assumes Mathematics Is Real
When you revise an experiment, you're using numbers, formulas, and principles of mathematics.
Math is immaterial, universal, and absolute. But how does atheism account for these kinds of truths? You can’t touch "fourness." You can't smell the Pythagorean Theorem.
But Christianity has an immaterial, rational God whose mind grounds mathematical truths. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb. 13:8), and so are numbers.
Step 8: Analyzing Data Assumes Reasoning Is Valid
Analyzing results requires critical thinking and logical inference. But why should we trust our reason if it came from non-rational origins?
Chemical reactions aren't rational. If that's all thought is, then "truth" becomes meaningless. But if we are image-bearers of a rational God, then our reasoning faculties were made to discover truth.
Step 9: Drawing Conclusions Assumes Uniformity in Nature
Science expects that future experiments will yield the same results as past ones, and that unobserved cases will match observed ones.
That’s uniformity in nature. But if everything came from nothing, life from non-life, and mind from matter, what grounds that assumption?
Christianity says nature is consistent because God is consistent. Miracles happen, yes—but they’re called signs and wonders because they’re rare. Day to day, God faithfully upholds the world.
Step 10: Communicating Results Assumes Meaningful Language
Finally, you publish your results. That assumes two minds can share truth through words.
But communication only works if your words mean something, and if minds are designed to understand truth. If we’re cosmic accidents, how can we trust that communication even works?
The Bible says Jesus is the Word (John 1:1). God is a communicating God. Language is His idea. Of course it works—He made it that way.
Conclusion: Every Step of the Scientific Method Presupposes God
Science is not the enemy of faith. In fact, science makes no sense without faith in the biblical God. From the reality of the external world to the validity of math, logic, morality, and communication—each step in the scientific method is built on Christian presuppositions.
Atheists can do science, but they do so inconsistently with their worldview. The scientific method assumes a rational, moral, personal God like the one revealed in Scripture.
So the next time someone says, "Faith and science don’t mix," you can respond with confidence: the only reason science works at all is because God is real.
And that should make you think.
If this article helped you better understand how science points to God, you’re going to love the full video version of this talk. I walk through all ten steps of the scientific method and show how each one depends on the Christian worldview.
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