[Alamo-Girl]

I don't think science has gone as far as it can go in asking and answering that and other questions. Nor do I believe it should throw up its hands and declare either "Nature did it!" or "God did it!"

When it goes beyond the "toolkit" of science and math - the question should be put in the hands of the theologians and philosophers.

Nevertheless, I'm very sincere in asserting that science - and math - should pursue the origin questions, all of them - as far as it can go.

Lack of curiosity is poisonous. Christians understand that God wants us to look and see. (Psalms 19:1-3, Romans 1:20)

My statement about God's copyright notice on the cosmos being the "unreasonable effectiveness of math" is my own speculation.

[tacticalogic]

I agree. I also agree with the opinion you expressed earlier that when the scientists scale the last mountain of knowledge, they’ll find the theologians there waiting for them. I believe I disagree with significanly applying that in the context of the current debate, because doing so carries with it a tacit assertion that this is that “last mountain”, and the theologians are already there.