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Maybe your theist friends just believe in the hopelessness of science, that it can never explain everything, and so they ascribe to a god. Hence god is the comforting explaination for the unkown. You on the other hand, believe in the theory of everything, which is the hopefulness of science, that we will eventually understanding everything. If our hope in science is substantiated, science will result in the TOE which will elucidate god and bring about the mooring of science and religion! Then your theist friends will be surprised, and maybe a little sheepish. But I think there is a commonality between us and them, they place their hope in god, we place ours in TOE, which does seem to be more rational if you ask me.