Originally posted by FasterPussycat
c'mon chas, you know one cannot PROVE the non-existence of something. and it takes an even LARGER imagination to believe. :-/
Science deals with the closed system of observable reality. God transcends this closed system and therefore cannot be observed with microscope or telescope. You will find that many of those who believe in Him do so not because they want to, but because they have to.
On the journey from losing trader to winning trader, many key principles come to light. In hindsight they seem obvious. My personal path to profitable trading had me smacking my forehead countless times, exclaiming "how could I not have seen that before!" I would read old trading books after spending time in the markets and it was as if they were new books read with new eyes. Understanding literally changes reality as you perceive it because you are able to perceive things more clearly and correctly when the puzzle pieces fit. It is not a stretch of imagination but rather an inundation of clarity. Logical faith deepens when your root understanding of reality is correct, because your further observations and discoveries confirm and anchor that faith. The more I understand about science, chaos, complexity theory, philosophy, mathematics, sociology, biology, ad infinitum, the more God's existence at the center of reality becomes vibrantly clear to me.
God is not the only head scratcher for scientists. Other phenomena within science transcend the closed system as well. In order to explain reality, scientists have to speculate on additional dimensions that cannot be detected or discovered with known instruments. If you want a simple example of science to shake your faith in the real before taking the larger step to God, take a comprehensive look at string theory (here is a snippet):
http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/GraduateAdmissions/greene/greene.html
p.s. a quote from the link to give the rough idea: 'There is a price to be paid for this solution, however. It turns out that the equations of string theory are self consistent only if the universe contains, in addition to time, nine spatial dimensions.'
feeling less smug yet?
Please give me a definition of "dimension". If you'll use the word "space" - please give me a definition of "space", etc. etc.... ad infinitum. Can you imagine infinity?