As science advances, there seems to be less and less for God to do. It's a big universe, of course, so He, She, or It, could be profitably employed in many places. But what has clearly been happening is that evolving before our eyes has been a God of the Gaps; that is, whatever it is we cannot explain lately is attributed to God. And then after a while, we explain it, and so that's no longer God's realm.

Summary

This quote highlights the idea that as scientific understanding expands and explanations for various phenomena are discovered, the need for attributing them to a higher power diminishes. It suggests that throughout history, God has often been invoked to explain the unknown or unexplained aspects of the world. However, as scientific knowledge progresses, these gaps in understanding are filled, implying that the role of God as an explanation diminishes. The quote implies that science has been replacing the need for attributing unexplained phenomena to a divine being over time.

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