Sc ,,Your last post is directly on topic, as far as I can see. Although the discusion here is miandering slightly "actually a lot" from the original post. Science vs Faith and why the universe is so big. Let us just consider that we have all been influenced by a faith,"no matter if we like it or not, or even aware of it"?. how much further would science & research evolved without the impediment of faith. I think that is what the thread is supposed to be about. Any individuals beliefs aside, the end result does not change. The question was a double ender 1 faith vs science, which do you trust, ?.2. why is the universe so big, goes back to the first question as a sub clause..Answers we have been told so, Dont ask questions, or be burnt at the stake as a heretic. only recently the last couple of hundred year has it been OK to question the past. mainly because burning at the stake is frowned upon in most civilised countries, hence starts a trend towards another type of belief. It may take decades, centuries even but the misguided tracks laid down by our ancestors will eventually become the norm and subsequently be challenged by new ideas..
A consensus of opinion here is impossible, indoctrination you see.
We have but one faith , and science has nothing to with it.
Just be human. And the universe being so big, " get over it, it is."