The % of Americans who claim no religion has nearly doubled in 18 years.

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akuma587 said:

megaman79 said:
No scientist has a clear explanation of what caused the Big Bang or what existed prior to it. Now that is scary for rationalist thought.

This is why the Large Hadron Collider is so important.

Scientists are struggling to come up with a clear definition of what gravity is.  That doesn't mean that gravity doesn't exist.

 

Just because we haven't found an alternative yet doesn't mean we have to go for "God" by default. God is pretty unlikely even in the absence of other choices, due to the lack of evidence. So the rational thing is still to be atheist but willing to accept God or any other hypothesis as soon as one arises.

For example, eople waited for a very long time for a good alternative to God for how life exists. Then evolution was proposed and now that's the best scientific theory we have for that question.