If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?
-Carl Sagan.
I'm of the personal opinion that:
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However at least thus far science has only answered the question "why" with "why not" and to believe that science may one day answer that fact is faith as I see it. It's the assumption that there is actually an understandable answer to that question.
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is a cop-out of sorts. I'd rather put my money on humans eventually finding out the answers, that you're attributing to only existing within the supernatural, with careful investigation and understanding.
Unless, of course, our species kills ourselves beforehand.
Science (and a healthy dose of scientific skepticism) is the polar opposite of fundamentalism. Both in practice and in definition.