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Originally Posted by David Sklansky
Of course there is evidence for God. But this is exactly why scientists used to be religious and aren't anymore. Because most of the things that appeared to have no explanation other than God now do. Enough things such that one can reasonably extrapolate that what's left will also be explained. Non scientists are unaware of many of these explanations. If they were willing to listen to them in detail, some would probably become atheists.
You should have stopped after your first sentence.
The fact is, scientists have absolutely no clue whatsoever on some key fundamental issues:
1. How did the universe get here, from ... nothing
2. How did life get here, from... nothing
3. Where did the amazing complexity and information come from in DNA,
considering (as Bill Gates said) that DNA is far more complex than any
software ever written
Of course, scientists have said some really dumb things, trying to answer
these questions.
Steven Hawking says laws of physics, not the will of God, provide the real explanation as to how life on Earth came into being. The Big Bang, he argues, was the inevitable consequence of these laws 'because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing'
Hawking is a smart guy, but this is a really stupid statement. But, it
follows from his presupposition that there is no creator/designer for
the universe.