In a number of instances, a god is credited with being a driving force behind phenomena. As the scientific method allows mankind to discover more about how our world functions, there is less room for input from a god (granted, this is the case for a "god of the gaps").
Secondly, I'm not sure we can definitively say there is a "why". People feel the need to find a purpose, but what if there is no purpose? I think this should be the first question: Why do we expect that there is an underlying purpose to everything?
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riemerco 11 years, 11 months ago
The two are not diametrically opposed. While science can tell the how, it cannot tell the why.
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egro 11 years, 11 months ago
In a number of instances, a god is credited with being a driving force behind phenomena. As the scientific method allows mankind to discover more about how our world functions, there is less room for input from a god (granted, this is the case for a "god of the gaps").
Secondly, I'm not sure we can definitively say there is a "why". People feel the need to find a purpose, but what if there is no purpose? I think this should be the first question: Why do we expect that there is an underlying purpose to everything?
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