| DaRev said: no one or god gets a free pass |
I suspect that you see where Science runs into a wall inevitably, and MUST apply FAITH (evidence and substance) at some point through the best of scientific thnking.
No, you don't have to apply faith at all. Science theorizes on how the universe formed. It doesn't attempt to explain why it formed, or what happened before it formed (if such a time even existed). There's a big difference between science and religion here. When encountered with a question that's currently impossible to know (for example: why the universe exists), science doesn't make any blind guesses just for the sake of having an answer. Science admits it doesn't have the answer and works towards finding an answer. Science doesn't even claim that there is no God (well, for certain Gods, it does). It makes no claims on the matter whatsoever. So where is the faith?
On the other hand, certain religions make all types of assumptions about why the universe was formed, what/who existed before the universe formed, the existence of a creator, etc. Not only does it assume a creator, but it also assumes very specific traits for that creator. Clearly, making assumptions requires a lot more faith than admitting that the answer currently isn't available.
But you still haven't responded to this:
It's one thing to believe in a creator. But what leads you to believing in a single (rather than multiple), invisible, omnipotent, omnibeloved, omnipresent, omniscient, spaceless, timeless, absolute, and perfect creator?
