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In reply to the discussion: Is science a religion? [View all]Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)The mathematics of Quantum Physics and String Theory, just to name two, can not be understood by a simple majority. If we understand them at all, it is through books written for laymen. These books do not teach any of us to do the math. They give a good layman's explanation. And some things in quantum physics are so strange that they can not be understood through observation or intuition.
Some aspects of science, like evolution, are easier for an individual to understand because a simple experiment with microorganisms can show that life at that sale does evolve. It is trickier to understand evolution on the macro scale without a degree in biology and a lot of study.
Many of us just accept that the theory of evolution is correct because it makes more sense than a puppet master god. We come to trust scientists who have worked to understand how the functions. When things like global warming are covered by a vast majority of scientists, we find it easy to trust the experts.
Because many of us believe the science without being able to run the experiments to provide the proof does not mean that Science is a religion.
There is no accepted text that provides the infallible word of science. The religious attack Darwin because he is easy for them to put in the place of the bible of the Koran. Darwin, though he was a remarkable man, does not have final say on a matter through chapter and verse in "On the Origin of the Species." Biological evolution is an active science that changes in the details.
So, though science is often accepted as a belief, it is not a religion.