dianaiad
Well-Known Member
I can't argue with your premise that, in the absence of evidence for God, science is the explanation. The search for a scientific explanation has been going on for a very long time. One of my favorite theories is universes bumping into one another causing ugly scares on boundaries, then, spawning other universes. However, the real killer for multiple universes, or for the beginning of our universe is time. No matter what theory is proposed, there must be an explanation for the beginning of time. As long as matter and energy change, there is a time continuum. God disappears as an explanation if you can find a scientific explanation for the beginning of time. Even for the recycling universes, there must be a time for the first universe. There is no way to avoid the problem, the beginning of time must be explained.
You misunderstand me, I think. My view isn't that if God can't be proven, then science is the explanation. First, science EXPLAINS nothing. Science DESCRIBES. I know of no science that digs into the 'whys' of anything. Cause/effect? Sure...but we don't use science to investigate philosophical meanings of things.
Science, in other words, does not replace God. It's another way to describe how He works. I, personally, believe that He rather approves of science. Perhaps, eventually, using science, we will get to the 'proof of" God. Perhaps not...but whether we do or we don't, we WILL learn a great deal more about the universe I believe He created. How can that be a bad thing?