| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:cuts no ice | |
| Posted by: | Stewart Dean | |
| Date/Time: | 01/07/08 09:10:00 |
| Matthew, There are marked differences between science and religion. The most notable is that science is not absolute and never proves anything. A good theory only exists if it can set out how it can be disproved. Science is also objective, and not subjective. Personal views and political views can drive what people explore in science and how those findings are then presented back to the world but the core of science will always be independent of belief and ideology. If you disagree with what science has discovered because of personal opion then that is often because a lack of understanding of the scientific process. Anyone can effectively become a 'scientists' anyone can hit the internet and research any topic they choose and become proficient in it to understand most of the complex discussions going on. Science is not closed and not the domain of guys in white lab coats and it is not a cold dispassionate subject either. In short likening science to religion is to not understand science and how it goes about discovering what is real. Do you feel it's right to disagree with what others consider to be real because of objective reasons just because of an opinion based upon subjective things? |