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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I think a better analogy to the possibility of the existence of god comes from literature and history, not biology and science.
It's closer akin to the history of the Trojan War, the existence of the Anatolian Hittite Empire, the neo-Babylonian Empire, or the Judean Davidic Dynasty—all of which were considered complete fabrications until archaeological excavations and surveys beginning in the 19th century. So, if there is eventual compelling evidence for something like a "god" it will enter the realm of whatever it is we at that point consider to be the natural world, but will almost certainly bear little if any resemblance to the stories and ideas about god from history.
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I agree. Throughout the ages many unknowns attributed to god or the supernatural have been explained by science. Today there are fewer such unknowns but still some pretty big ones
- the nature of consciousness and the soul
- how and why are we here
- what, where and why is the universe
to name a few. Unfortunately for many people the only vocabulary to rationalize the unknown is god (aka magic), which ties to a larger set of religious beliefs (aka mythology). In reality if there is a god they would also be part of science and act through scientific mechanisms we just don't understand yet. Gravity for example is still pretty much magic but we accept it as a scientific mechanism because we can measure it.