Science is a religion

[baby_mouse]

And therefore should be taught in Scripture and comparative religion classes.

It should be known as "The Church that has a Mechanism for Finding Out when it's been Wrong about Something."

[rateyes]

1. lol

I'd join that church.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

2. Funny

but you know, sometimes I often think that science is more of a world view than anything else. I came to this conclusion when I met and became friends with a young man from an Amazon River tribe who had absolutely no concept of "science" and that astonished me. Because to me, it is basically the "default" world view, but that's because I am a product of my time and place.

I think I like the religion of science. But I will also say that sometimes its adherents are as unwilling to change as the Inquisitioners! We all get tied to our world views.

[Ladyhawk]

3. I disagree.

Science is self-corrective because of stringent guidelines on proving what is true. If something turns out to be false, science must change.

I've been a religious fundamentalist. The world view of a religious fundamentalist cannot change because it is based on dogma. Science is not dogmatic.

Since I've tried to base my beliefs on what is real (science) I've had a much more open mind and have actually--gasp!--changed my mind on major issues. A fundamentalist cannot remain a fundamentalist and change his or her mind on major issues of religion and politics. Dogma is rigid; science is flexible.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

4. I'm not quite sure what you are disagreeing with

my statement about the Inquisition?

Because in my opinion, while science is flexible, scientists often are NOT. Especially when they did their doctoral thesis on something that just gotten disproven!

But scientists, alas, are human.

[baby_mouse]

5. Yes, the perfect scientist has yet to be born, sadly.

It is somewhat in our nature to hold fast to cherished ideas, particularly elegant ones.

[BrewerJohn]

6. "Science is a religion" is a creationist talking point

The idea being to put the two on an equal footing so that the "equal time"
argument comes into play.

In reality, the two are not alike at all. Has anyone ever heard of a religion
that formally holds no faith in anything, but does trust its tools, which
amount to a system for learning from experience, and that only because
experience has shown that the system works?

[baby_mouse]

7. It' one of their memes whose consequences they haven't explored

If Science were a religion it should be taught in comparative religion classes. Currently no religions are compared with science in school point by point on a day to day basis. Bible class, scripture lessons, all would have to contain references to scientific alternatives. Not to do so would be religious persecution.