I started to make this a reply to a comment in another thread, but felt it should have it's own post: the last paragraph of Sean Carroll's paper, "Does the Universe Need God?"
None of this amounts to a “proof” that God doesn’t exist, of course. Such a proof is not forthcoming; science isn’t in the business of proving things. Rather, science judges the merits of competing models in terms of their simplicity, clarity, comprehensiveness, and fit to the data. Unsuccessful theories are never disproven, as we can always concoct elaborate schemes to save the phenomena; they just fade away as better theories gain acceptance. Attempting to explain the natural world by appealing to God is, by scientific standards, not a very successful theory. The fact that we humans have been able to understand so much about how the natural world works, in our incredibly limited region of space over a remarkably short period of time, is a triumph of the human spirit, one in which we can all be justifiably proud.
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Why are you posting this to a level 6?
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@birdingnut Umm... what does that have to do with my question?
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"Does the Universe Need God?" Yes. (But there is none.)
Humanity cries out for universal and absolute justice. (But there is none.)
Humanity cries out for the end of innocent children suffering. (But there is none.)
Humanity cries out for a deity to vanquish all evil. (But there is none.)
dare2dream
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June 16, 2018
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The proof belongs who claim it exesists! Faith and felling is not proof or the I just know is not proof! They claim their god is all knowing and all powerful and perfect. Well that is proven wrong we have so many natural disasters, diseases, and poison animals and plants far from perfect. Our bodies are also far from perfect. Cancer, diabetes, polio, and the countless other things that effect us. So no we don't need something that does not exesist !
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