"Personally, I think if science could come to the conclusion that there is/was a deity that created the universe, then that would be wonderful for science. It w

"Personally, I think if science could come to the conclusion that there is/was a deity that created the universe, then that would be wonderful for science. It would open up a vast new arena for science to play in." No, it would not. If science could "play in that arena," science will have solved the halting problem. And have defined an algorithm for determining any possible busy beaver number. Which, of course, is related to the previous.