Tangibility

In class someone said that God makes people feel insignificant because God is not tangible. It has been my experience that most people who believe in God feel the exact opposite way. Believers do not feel alienated by the idea of an intangible God, they feel comforted that there is someone out there that cares about them. God is only intangible in the sense that one can never become God (but honestly, who would want that job?) One of the basic idea of Christianity is that there is a small spark of God inside of us all. For this reason, I think, people will continue to believe in God even when science can answer all--or at least most--of our questions. Science can never make people feel safe or looked after when things go badly in their lives. By definition, science is void of emotion. Also, there will always be people who refuse to believe scientific fact because it goes against their theological theories. It seems like most of the people that the class have encountered accept the theory of evolution as fact. This is a strange and welcome thing for me. In the south, most people (I'd say at least 85%) do not accept the theory of evolution as fact at all. Many people still hold to the idea of some form of intelligent design. Convincing people that their God "lied" (in a way) is extremely difficult if not impossible. There will always be the God of the gaps because if need be, people will create those gaps. Hopefully, as people progress, religion will become less about seemingly mythical ideals and more about fact and faith. I think that this can only happen if people on both sides of the argument keep an open mind and respect the idea of a each other. We have to remember that people are the ones that come up with theories, both religious and scientific, and people are fallible.

My question is: Do you think that religious people will ever come to completely accept all scientific fact.