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We are at a point where belief in a god is probably at an all time low due to our greater understanding of science without the basics being to complex. Gravity
by robryan 16y ago
We are at a point where belief in a god is probably at an all time low due to our greater understanding of science without the basics being to complex. Gravity is currently a simple enough concept that most people can understand it in a local context.
It will be interesting to see if in the future it is found that the laws of nature are much more complex than most of us can comprehend do more people again proclaim a god as the answer. Of course it could go the other way and we find nice formulas to better describe the universe.
- AndrewDucker 16y agoThe problem with that is that we'd ne using the word "God" to mean "I don't know". Which doesn't tell us anything about God, what God wants, etc. This is generally known as the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps