Modulus writes:
Sure there are still gaps in our knowledge, and you are free to squeeze god into them. However, evolution did explain a territory that was completely dominated by theistic explanations.
I'm not trying to squeeze God into anything. My understanding of science, correct is I'm wrong, is that the results require physical evidence. Let's say that science is able to delve back and show how the first cell could have been formed from non-organic material. Science would still not be able to answer why it happened at all.
Modulus writes:
However, science does have a lot to say about why we exist. We are here because our parent's genes successfully copied about 50% of themselves each. Our parent's were here for the same reason. Now, 4 billion years of explanation for why we are here is a pretty damned impressive chunk of god's domain invaded. Sure we can still invoke god during that 4 billion year history, but the point is it is no longer necessary to do so. No longer does the startling complexity of life necessitate a designer, another, less incredible, explanation exists for most if not all of that.
As Reagen would have said, "there you go again". You are talking about a long complex process to get us where we are today and then because we have discovered the process you say that we have done away with the need for God.
I'll try again with a point I made to NJ. Lets' say that geneticists had discovered that man's DNA indicated that he had come from soil in the area of Sumeria 6000 years ago, and then lo and behold the DNA of women showed that their history went back to some guy's rib around the same time. Now you could make the claim that science had answered all the questions and now we don't need God anymore.
Just because we make a discovery of our biological history tells us nothing about the need for a creator. I repeat, science is agnostic.
Everybody is entitled to my opinion.