and the argument would be that our understanding of God increase as we understand creation even more. on the flip side, if one's faith is based more in the god

and the argument would be that our understanding of God increase as we understand creation even more. on the flip side, if one's faith is based more in the god of the gaps, i.e. the "magical" aspects of creation, of course one's faith will be tested or discarded as science's knowledge increases as the gaps shrink and shrink (and fits with clark's "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")