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If you are suggesting that "Godidit" be allowed back into scientific exlanations, please explain how this "answer" is a benefit to inquiry and of understanding nature."
The above is a ridiculous and frequently parroted argument. That God created the universe in no way prevents us from examining how His universe operates. Newton and Maxwell, to name just a few, had absolutely no difficulty with "God did it" and then having extremely scientifically-productive lives studying how He did it.
Why say Godidit? Why not Satandidit or TheGodsdidit or Mydeadcatdidit or Buddhadidit or Allahdidit or it just happened for no apparent reason? Why God, specifically?
Your argument can be used to justify an infinite number of absurd statements. Scientists usually do the intelligent thing and say 'We don't know'.
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