Some people seem to think that science is akin to a religion. Can someone explain how this is so? [Spirituality & Religion]
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totalrandoman · 100+, M
Science presupposes that the laws of physics are eternal, that they were always the same in the past and will be the same in the future. That would be the same as eternal moral tenets in a religion, nobody who is scientific will doubt that the laws of physics were the same billions of years ago, and will never change.
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totalrandoman · 100+, M
Anything I say now is doomed to disapproval with utmost certainty. Science is a word to me, not the idea of the most sure method by which to derive truth from reality. I want to make up my own word for that.
WattdeFalk · 70-79, M
You kids today, grumble mutter...
Back when our society was still civilised, before the Falwell-et-al campaign began using Jesus and fear to brainwash people into hating and distrusting Democracy, other cultures, and the human brain, most people, even those unable or too lazy to think clearly, at least respected the humanities.
Public schools were more than bully-pens and holding tanks; children were there to have their curiosity about the world awakened, and to learn there's more to life than money and more to religion than "Our god's bigger than their god." Crackpots were a minority, correctly regarded as crackpots. Now they've just elected King Asshole.
Back when our society was still civilised, before the Falwell-et-al campaign began using Jesus and fear to brainwash people into hating and distrusting Democracy, other cultures, and the human brain, most people, even those unable or too lazy to think clearly, at least respected the humanities.
Public schools were more than bully-pens and holding tanks; children were there to have their curiosity about the world awakened, and to learn there's more to life than money and more to religion than "Our god's bigger than their god." Crackpots were a minority, correctly regarded as crackpots. Now they've just elected King Asshole.
MetalGreymon · 36-40, M
@blackwhitejester:
[quote][quote]not the idea of the most sure method by which to derive truth from reality. I want to make up my own word for that.[/quote][/quote]
Then you'd better come up with a system for that word that works better than science.
[quote][quote]not the idea of the most sure method by which to derive truth from reality. I want to make up my own word for that.[/quote][/quote]
Then you'd better come up with a system for that word that works better than science.
MetalGreymon · 36-40, M
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@theoneyouwerewarnedabout: don't forget to pray for sex and drugs, that could be where you're going wrong.
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MetalGreymon · 36-40, M
@MalteseFalconPunch
It does seem to be kind of a tenuous point.
It does seem to be kind of a tenuous point.
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some people tend to think science is a belief if they are religious
WattdeFalk · 70-79, M
"Think" is the wrong word in that sentence.
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@WattdeFalk: stupid or not, it's still a thought
WattdeFalk · 70-79, M
Sorry, but I wasn't just calling people stupid in a fancy way. Thinking, in its purest technical definition, is a tool to help pull you out of misinformation and fear. If the words "Make America Great again," for example, pop into your head, that's parroting, not thinking. Too many parrots around... and responding to a comment like this with "Arrogant know-it-all!" is parroting, and groundless, too.