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Originally Posted by Versch
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not really true. a lot of science begins with faith. not many scientists set out to prove a hypothesis they don't believe in. in fact, many of the underlying premises of modern science sound in belief. for example, much of our space program has been influenced by a search for extraterrestrial lifeforms. we have no compelling reason to believe they exist. but many scientists believe they do, and so we hypothesize about everything from what they would look like to what they would want to where we may find them.
you can treat the idea of a supreme deity as a scientific hypothesis, just as much as you can treat extraterrestrial life or the big bang as one. it's just so far removed from anything we can prove that it frustrates the scientific process
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Would you not credit that to something more along the lines of probability and statistics then? Considering what we know about our world and the sheer vastness of the universe, probability would say that other worlds like ours must exist.
I have no qualms with the idea of a supreme being, but I do take issue with humans believing that it would solely watch our world and treat our species special. That's some seriously egotistic line of thinking.