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–adjective 1.going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
2.superior or supreme.
3.Theology. (of the Deity)
transcending the universe, time, etc. Compare immanent (def. 3).
4.Philosophy. a.Scholasticism.
above all possible modes of the infinite.
b.Kantianism. transcending experience;
not realizable in human experience. Compare
transcendental (defs. 5a, c).
c.(in modern realism) referred to, but beyond, direct apprehension; outside consciousness.
Check out the bold. You want to believe that you can know the truth of that which by its very definition is beyond human ability to comprehend. Science can be used to ask any and every question humanity can conceive. But it does not pretend to know the truth when it does not and cannot. There is a big difference between studying and developing a theory on a question than creating an absolute conviction based on paltry and highly questionable evidence. My
faith in science is that it is the best method to ask questions and seek answers. I do not bother with questions that by definition are beyond answering. And I most certainly do not have a certainty that I know, "because I feel it is right", what is beyond human comprehension.