Science - The New Religion

[Stoner]

After all of this man-made global warming bologna, I started to wonder to myself...is science now the newest religion?

As crazy as it first sounds it's indeed true. Science is no longer science. Its become political and it's results depend on who is paying the scientists.

Thanks to Al Snore and the left-wing nuts there is now a line drawn in the sand. You are either on their side or against them. And they have friends. Powerful ones. They also have the funds to hire their own scientists to produce the results they desire.

It amazes me that there are people out there that actually think everything is explainable. There are many questions that will never be answered. This isn't just a global warming thing. This is for a lot of issues out there.

It seems many in the scientific community have now made their jobs political. Why I have no earlthly idea. But sadly science has now taken that dangerous turn into politics and now it is a religion. It shouldn't be like this. Science shouldn't be political. The libs in this country have successfully made a joke out of science.

So now the only question is now that science is a religion, which church will you belong to? Are you with the "the earth is warming naturally" or the "man is causing the earth to warm"?

Same is true with God. There are scientists who believe and can show you "proof" that God is not real and points to the reasoning of creation of life to the Big Bang. Then there's scientists who can show you "proof" that God does exist and we are here because God put us here.

I always thought science was scientific. Accurate. How is it possible for some scientists to believe one thing and other scientists to believe something the exact opposite, like in wether or not man is causing it to get warmer or is it natural? Why can people just not accept the fact that some things are unexplainable?

The answer is simple. Welcome to the the new religion - science. Choose sides now.

[Red Dragon]

Oh yes stoner, all hail science. :D the reason science is becoming more political is because science palys a bigger role in our society and will play an even bigger part as we advance.

[AlonzoMourning23]

I always thought science was scientific. Accurate. How is it possible for some scientists to believe one thing and other scientists to believe something the exact opposite,

You never knew much about science, did you? Science has never been like that.

like in wether or not man is causing it to get warmer or is it natural? Why can people just not accept the fact that some things are unexplainable?

Because they have explanations and the majority of scientists disagree with you.

Then there's scientists who can show you "proof" that God does exist and we are here because God put us here.

Having a Ph.D from liberty university doesn't count.

[ECW]

Why can people just not accept the fact that some things are unexplainable?


I'm not going to say it. It's just too easy of a line to take.

[Elrathin]

Why can people just not accept the fact that some things are unexplainable?


Because if they followed your suggestion, people would still be saying the Sun, moon, stars, and the planets all revolved around the Earth.

The search for understanding, regardless of the complexity, is what makes people human.

The lazy people are the ones that just want to accept everything around them at face value. They have no desire but to eat, sleep, and be lazy. Come to think of it, I just described a heavy pot smoker :D

[ECW]

Damn. You said it.

[underdawg]

Science is nothing like religion. In order to believe in religion, one must take a leap of faith, by abandoning a certain amount of reason, and believing in a doctrine without questioning or proof. With science you start by stating that you do not know and, develope an hypothesis,and do experimentation, questioning, and lots searching in the real world to find answers. You don't need to take a leap of faith to believe in science. If you have doubts, then all you have to do is question, experiment and find the answers for yourself.

[Stoner]

one must take a leap of faith, by abandoning a certain amount of reason, and believing in a doctrine without questioning or proof.

Sounds like the "man-made global warming" myth.

[underdawg]

What I find interesting about Evangelical Christians is that they would rather believe that this earth is going to be destroyed soon anyway, so they tend to take on the attitude of,"what difference does it make?" They like to reap the benefits of science, but if it conflicts with their religion in any way, they love to try to deny its importance. It wasn't religion that made medicine to cure disease. It wasn't religion that sent man to the moon, or improved farming or gave us the internet, computers, tv, or even electricity. They like science as long as it doesn't conflict with their religion like the concept of evolution or global warming.

[Anti-Racism]

How is it possible for some scientists to believe one thing and other scientists to believe something the exact opposite, like in wether or not man is causing it to get warmer or is it natural?


Because not all people are equal, and many are fallible, and scientists are people.

[Stoner]

How is it possible for some scientists to believe one thing and other scientists to believe something the exact opposite, like in wether or not man is causing it to get warmer or is it natural?


Because not all people are equal, and many are fallible, and scientists are people.


Not even close. It's because science is a religion and different religions have different views. See, science is exact. You don't get findings that are exact opposites in science. Only religion does that happen.

So like I said...welcome your new religion...science.

Thanks Al Snore for corrupting yet another field of study. He should have stuck with inventing the internet.

[piratemonkey]

I don't think I've seen someone so directly contradict himself in a single post, let alone a single paragraph.


Not even close. It's because science is a religion and different religions have different views. See, science is exact. You don't get findings that are exact opposites in science. Only religion does that happen.

According to our residental Herbal Philosopher:
a) Science is a religion.
b) Science doesn't give opposite "findings."
c) Religion gives opposite findings.

A, B, and C cannot all be true.

Don't worry, Stoner. I came up with some ideas like this at 2am during college too. I, also, thought they were genius at the time.

[Questerr]

Am I the only one who has noticed that Evangelicals only call Science a "religion" when they are talking about global warming or evolution? They never call it a religion when they are talking about physics or computer science or fluid dynamics.

The reason that scientists have alot of different findings is because of the way the information is interpretted and the means by with experimentation is conducted. Most scientific opinions are not opposites, they are just slightly different.

If the main disagreement is whether global warming is man made or natural, we may never know. Does man and nature influence global weather? Yes. Is either one the root and only cause? Probably not. It's probably a combination of the two. What's more important to note is that even if scientists disagree as to whether or not GW is man made, they do agree that reduction in gree house gases is a good idea.

[Anti-Racism]

It's because science is a religion and different religions have different views.

Different religions arise because of localization issues or doctrinal issues, which correlate roughly to intelligence. Also, there's overlap between religions... a transcendental Christian and a traditional Hindu or Pagan are basically the same philosophy of religion.

Science is a means, not an end, and that's I think how you're describing the problem here.