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Edited by Krishnas Prophet: 10/17/2016 5:20:12 PM
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Please Just Be Honest And Admit That Science Is A Religion, YOUR Religion.

Science is a religion. It may not have prayers, but it has formulas any aspiring scientist must learn by heart. It may not have priests, but it has revered specialists who walk about in white coats. It may not have sacrifices, but it daily takes the lives of rodents and primates to further its cause. It may not have rituals, but experiments are performed again and again; as if repeatability holds the key to knowledge. Science may not have holy books, but it has countless papers written in [i]Journals[/i]: places of authority every scientist must reference to legitimize his own work. It may not pass the donation plate on Sunday, but why should it? Rich men give to it, and governments honour it with their patronage. Religion predicts a final peace in which the world is made perfect. Science promises a future without disease, hunger, poverty, or even death. [b]How is science any different from religion? You gladly throw away religion and accept the "facts". But what are "facts"? And what makes them safe principles on which to base your knowledge? Look around you. As long as you look to science for the Answers (with a capital "A"), science is your faith. Why can't you see that facts do not represent pure truth? Truth lies beyond what you think you see. It exists in "[i]how you see[/i]". [/b] Science is religion.

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  • I would agree science is a religion to a certain degree. It's definitely not a religion that asks you to just believe and your faith will be rewarded. Science is based on trial and error, seeing where the limits are, and if they can be broken. A hypothesis may turn to fact one day and then be refuted another other other new evidence. That's why experiments are performed over and over again with different variables. Science is not a collusion of all scientists. There is competition and rivalries. It is impossible for someone to make an outrageous claim and not have it investigated by other parties.

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