Goal posts

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Humans in early times were afraid of thunder, volcanoes, etc. They hence worshiped the god of thunder, the god of volcanoes, etc.

When the phenomena of thunder and volcanoes were “deciphered” by science, these gods disappeared into oblivion.

Science has made huge progress in the last one hundred years or so, however there are still numerous phenomena in the universe and around us that it cannot “decipher”.

Recently there is a popular argument used by Christians about the wonder of the eye, from which came the conclusion that there must be a God (“since the structure of the eye is so complicated and wonderful, there must be a Creator who created it”).

One day when scientific knowledge about the structure of the eye has become “common” then believers will most likely choose some other things that science has not been able to fully understand to use as an example for the argument “since X is so complicated and wonderful, there must be a Creator who created it”.

And the goal posts will continue to be shifted whenever the ball is brought close to them. But we already know from history that it is just one of the behaviours of Christianity.

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