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In reply to the discussion: Atheism not really a religion but a belief system, says creationist Ken Ham [View all]Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Science is true whether you believe it or not. A scientific theory not proven to be true through experimentation will be thrown out and another theory that meet the standards of proof, will replace it.
For instance, I do not BELIEVE the sun will come up in the East in the morning.
I KNOW the sun will come up in the East in the morning.
It is a FACT. The sun will come up in the (apparent) East as we rotate west to east. Furthermore, it can be calculated exactly WHERE on the horizon the sun will rise for ANY day of the year at ANY latitude and longitude. Mathematicians can do it. Because of axial tilt, the point on the eastern horizon WHERE the sun will rise is changing slightly every day and goes north in the summer and south in the winter, in the Northern Hemisphere.
Axial Tilt is the reason for the season (why it gets cold in the winter and there's the Winter Solstice, the date of the furthestmost south point for the Sun's apparent rising. Three days later, which is usually Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, is the day the sun appears to start moving northward again).