Well, in the context of this discussion, the appropriate people to ask are scientists. You won't find many peer reviewed scientific papers advancing "God did it" as a serious hypothesis.
Except "scientists" didn't come around until 1833 (etymologically speaking). Before that the people doing the work were natural philosophers—which goes back to the original post of mine that kicked off this sub-thread: that there are certain metaphysical assumptions that you have to make before you start thinking you can explain the cosmos (kosmos, κόσμος).
> Except "scientists" didn't come around until 1833 (etymologically speaking).
What difference does that make? The correct people to ask about this today are the people who are doing science today. The label you choose to attach to those people is irrelevant.
> there are certain metaphysical assumptions that you have to make before you start thinking you can explain the cosmos
Well, in the context of this discussion, the appropriate people to ask are scientists. You won't find many peer reviewed scientific papers advancing "God did it" as a serious hypothesis.