“There is already nothing in science that contradicts the Torah, so it is only a matter of looking for what proves it.”
I totally agree with the first clause of this statement. But I completely disagree with the second.
There is no way to prove Torah — or even HaShem’s existence — through empirical data or through logic. HaShem and His Torah are beyond any human comprehension, beyond the physical universe. If I could come up with a proof of the existence of God — certainly our greatest sages have tried — it would not be God that I was proven. How can a mere mortal such as me even think for a second that I could prove God’s existence.
There is a further problem: Once you have accepted that God is susceptible to proof, you have not only reduced God to a human level chas v’shalom, you have admitted the possibility that God could be DISproven Chas V’Shalom! Either that or you aren’t being intellectually honest, that you never believed in your “proof” in the first place. No person who believes “with perfect faith” could possibly entertain the idea of a proof of God if he/she *really* knows the implications of such.
If you truly believe in H”K”B”H, no amount of evidence to the contrary will convince you otherwise. And if you are a committed non-believer, there is no amount of evidence that will move you. This was actually a major topic of discussion among Christians in the 18th century; a British clergyman named Rev. Thomas Bayes came up with a quantitative methodology that he thought could answer this and it was published posthumously in 1763. His theorem is used by statisticians all over the world today — but not to address questions of the existence of the Divine.
It is common for young people to want Answers to Everything. I was certainly that way when I was young. It was after several years in graduate school studying to be a scientist, that I realized that not only were there lots of things for which there were No Answers, but that was the Nature of the Universe! Nihilists will use this fact to attack science; in fact I just responded to one on HuffingtonPost ten days ago. But the same invalid criticism can be levied at Judaism and too many people buy into it.
Judaism does not pretend to have an Answer to Every Question. Life has lots of things that Don’t Make Sense. The Torah is the tool HaShem gave us to navigate our way through this senseless world, acting justly to our fellows while constantly being reminded of Who Is In Charge.
Most of the questions that sceptics bring up today have been addressed by our sages; while some of the answers may not be as convincing as others to our modern minds, it is important to note that our sages for the most part (Elisha ben Avuha a notable exception) didn’t let the fact that they had unresolved Questions to cause them to stop observing Shabat and Kashrut! Unfortunately not all the answers get taught in yeshiva; I can’t count the number of Jews who’ve left the tribe to practice Buddhism who are stunned when I point out Rambam’s mandate in Hilchot De’ot to follow the middle path. Not a single one had ever heard of this fundamental halachah and they left our path for one that emphasizes it.
My this young man be blessed to eventually discover the true beauty of a Torah lifestyle and philosophy.