Imagine an atheist, forced to make a decision between living in a universe where there is a God, or one in which he is the center of the universe?
Most atheists, they would rather not live at all if given the former as only alternative. They are rather subjective, and that is not what a scientist should be.
Not that objectivity means much in this case, since when dealing with existence/creation, who could possibly be 'objective'?
That is the nub of the little debate. Man as God. It's what he wants, old as Lucifer.