***Very few of the great scientific minds going back through the centuries excluded a deity up until the 20th century. Didn’t seem to have hampered them.***
Absolutely correct, Regulator. They understood that a Creator was the best way to make sense of the universe and our existence. What is going on today is counter-intuitive..... and those of us who hold to that view are routinely marginalized.
Ad Hominems are much easier than dealing with arguments.
Most of the scientists who made the discoveries that bring a literal reading of Biblical creation into question were quite religious. A large segment of society, scientists included, fail to understand that values and codes of behavior come from beliefs - faith which cannot be derived scientifically. You have to have faith and science has no place in that.