Just curious, and I may be a bit uneducated about this but If one were to start a religion based completely on Science and the most famous groups of scientists such as Einstein give him status as the highest being and then assign "Saint" status to all lesser scientists would that keep Science from being taught in schools? Actually went through all of the paperwork to obtain 501C3 status etc...etc..
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I think that Purple Kitten's post was better.
She says scientists make all these "assumptions," but in doing so, she is also making assumptions.
"If you try to paint something black, inevitably, you end up wearing that paint yourself."
Darth: The assumptions are the black-vs-white straw men assumptions. When I read it, I frowned and said "buh?"
"1. Science assumes that everything has a cause.
2. Science assumes that every phenomenon or concept can be proven or disproven.
3. Science assumes that humans have the capacity to understand everything."
1) Yes, you can also easily shoehorn Intelligent Design or even YEC into that, so what's the problem?
2) No, because science is trying to approximate behavior based on our knowledge, and something proven one time, can be disproven the next, given sufficient evidence.
3) No, scientists are oing through their research trying to figure things out out, and some things we may never find the answer for.
Y'know, I think y'all are just looking at his comments at face value. What he seems to be doing is proposing a method where teaching science in schools would be banned, due to separation of church and state.
Wow, how sneaky. Yep, stick it to science for not supporting God. Now, wait, an omnipotent God has to rely on short-sighted end-runs to enforce His will? That's... well, that's a pretty weak God there...
Einstein? He was just a minor prophet. Learn a bit about the history of science before glomming on to the better known name. What about Charles Darwin?
Were there such a faith, I'd worship Aristotle, Hypatia or Copernicus before Einstein. As there is not (and never will be), I'm quite content to merely recognize their contribution to our understanding of Creation.
Actually, it appears, to officialy become a religion you religion needs a God (Einsteins a man) Ritual Worship (scientists have a dicipline) and a following (people who do what you say, because you have a book of unprovable, un-substantiated claims).
Science is logical and provable, has no demands of obediance, and doesn't make shit up.
To get tax-free status your religion must be nonsense you have no excuse for believing.
Sorry, but it's been done.
Neal Stephenson's "Anathem" features mathematician monks who call their great thinkers "Saunts", a term derived from the word "Savants".
Thought you people might find this bit of trivia interesting.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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