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For centuries, we have been leading the way in scientific advancement because we've been leading the way *from* supernatural explanations *to* natural ones. Now there are those who want to reverse that trend."
There is not the conflict between belief in God and a physical understanding of the world that you seem to see.
People who cannot see that God wants us to understand the world are people I feel need to grow in their understanding rather than being objects for scorn.
> There is not the conflict between belief in God and a physical understanding of the world that you seem to see.
Your barkign upm the wrong tree. It's the supernaturalists who cannot see natural explanations for things who are the ones who have an inability to see.
> God wants us to understand the world
POssibly. If so, God gave Man the ability to reason and use science to discover how things work. Those who reject reason and science would thus be rejecting God.