Ricky Gervais explaining how he became an Atheist

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Kasz216 said:

theRepublic said:

Kasz216 said:

Scientists just have faith that Dark Energy exists.  Just how they had faith that certain elements on the periodic table existed before anyone was able to recreate them in a labratory setting.

I know this was a while ago, but faith is not the right word here.  The right word would probably be theory.  They have a theory that dark energy exists.

There isn't really a difference.  I mean... what makes Dark Energy anymore credible then "God is pushing the universe" or "Dark space wind is pushing everything created by a white hole."

Yes, there is a difference between those words.  It may seem subtle, but there is a difference.

You also seem to be getting hung up on the words "dark energy".  We know there is something out there causing these unexplained observable effects.  We happen to call it dark energy.  The name doesn't matter.