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I can completely understand people being sceptical about religion, however, I don't understand the atheist position of disbelieving with absolute certainty that their is no higher existence. That just strikes me as human arrogance to think that we know that much about the universe.

To me, it would be like stating with absolute certainty that there is no life on other planets. We have no evidence that there is, but I think most science-minded people would agree that it is entirely possible. If the atheist default position is that there is no god because there is no evidence that there is, then shouldn't they have the same default position about the existence of extra-terrestrial life? I wonder how many maintain that consistancy?

I see "god" or religion the same way. What we actually know scientifically about the nature of our existence is very minimal. It could even be less than what we know about outer space. Our human brains are very limited in what they perceive and there could very well be elements of our natural world that we are completely unaware... such as; alternate realms of existing. In fact, I think the idea of alternate dimensions and planes is often visited by science. Scientists are always discovering new natural phenomena that were at one time inconceivable. For those that think science has disproven religion, I don't think you are giving science enough credit. Somethings take a lot longer to prove. We just started exploring our own solar system, so I think it's a little premature to think that science should have already solved the mystery of religion.