Quote (Jazz_Thing @ Tue, Jun 9 2009, 02:53pm)
You know I believe that what is beyond science is inherently undiscovered, that doesn't mean its necessarily God.
I've just been convinced that Science has achieved so much progress in actually discovering the Universe that even, a viable notion of God falls into a very stale and stagnant logical scheme, where it is extremely impersonal, distanced and seemingly "timeless".
It almost feels as if God itself is this distanced creator, and if Science can readily describe the phenomena with more accurate evidence than religion, then Science has prevailed.
I'm very happy with the progress of this thread actually, and I believe that Science has triumphed over once again another religious assumption about the origins of Man (creation).
You also cannot rule out the notion of a higher being just based on science. Theres A LOT we don't know yet, and the deeper we dig into the mechanics of nature -- the more confusing it becomes. Let me give you an example, science -- mathematically mostly has come up with the theory of virtual particles; what are they? Particles that appear and disappear completely arbitrarily, for no reason at all -- sounds just as crazy as magic and God, but it has mathematically explained so many phenomena that one cannot ignore it.
See, my point isn't to prove religion -- its just to say that we don't know enough to rule it OUT yet. Yes okay this Earth wasn't created in 7 days etc... but you cannot conclusively say we are moving away from the notion of a creator -- in my opinion, much of quantum mechanics brings us back to it.