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Originally Posted by Ustwo
In that case I assume particle physics needs no explanation.
That was easy.
God isn't a simple explanation for anything. Its an amazingly complex explanation.
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I won't argue that you aren't free to assume that particle physics needs no explanation. Those pesky particles seem to just plug along with little regard for our ability to understand their underlying mechanisms. You'd be doing something very unscientific to something very scientific (if you exclude string theory). It wouldn't make much sense in the context of particle physics, but you could do it.
Theists don't necessarily care to explain god, I imagine many deem it impossible. Scientists, at least the optimistic ones, think everything can be explained. They don't necessarily think that an explanation will ever be forthcoming, just that one exists. This way of looking at the world clearly violates Occam's Razor; assuming that everything has an explanation is essentially assuming the universe has infinite complexity, which isn't very simple at all.
If one really wanted to be down with Occam they'd assume that there was at least one thing that was completely unexplainable, a kind of "final explanation" of some sort. They wouldn't have to call it god, of course.
That's if one really wanted to be down with Occam. I think his razor is a bit overrated.