(September 4, 2011 at 9:04 pm)Fred Wrote: Regardless, instead of explaining it with god, you will either explain it away or hand out materialist promissory notes by the bushel. "One day we will know" has replaced "take it on faith" as the get out of jail free card. One day we will know many more things, yes, but chief amongst them will be how true "holy shit, there's so much we still don't know" still is.
As opposed to saying god did it, which is actually a dishonest way of saying I don't know. It does nothing to further human knowledge, but it simply says that since it is beyond our understanding of the time, I must invoke the supernatural to explain it. The only time it would be worthwhile to explain something with god would be with proof of existence of a deity, and a lack of understanding of a concept will never be proof.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
