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#3243
Rime
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.\"
10/30/2005 4:30:03 PM
#3244
Darth Wang
No, because science is based on actual evidence, not faith.
10/30/2005 4:31:16 PM
#3250
Rime
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.
10/31/2005 1:59:42 AM
#3257
Jesse Custer
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.
10/31/2005 2:42:41 AM
#3263
TDR
Einstein as god? No way could I worship a dude with hair like that.
10/31/2005 4:02:13 PM
#3286
Bio
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...
10/31/2005 8:48:09 PM
#3357
Rime
Bio: I think that if there is a god, the problem exists in his most vocal interpreters messing it all up.
11/2/2005 2:19:44 AM
#523569
Mortos der Soulstealer
Good idea, let's just call things we don't agree with religions and then not care anymore.
6/2/2008 8:19:27 AM
#523697
Quantum Mechanic
What?
6/2/2008 11:10:06 AM
#523713
aaa
Stop huffing paint.
6/2/2008 11:48:58 AM
#523775
Alethe
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.
6/2/2008 1:34:50 PM
#523892
DinDC
Running with this premise, I want to start the Church of Notorious Homosexuals: Oscar Wilde is GOD! Saint Elton John's Feast Day is February 31st.
6/2/2008 3:04:40 PM
#1424878
The Anonymous
And they still won't teach creationism/intelligent design in schools even if you could do that. Give it up.
7/17/2012 7:15:44 PM
#1424884
Quantum Mechanic
"I may be a bit uneducated"
Yes
7/17/2012 7:33:49 PM
#1424885
Sasha
By all means, go for it. The Europeans need a good laugh.
7/17/2012 7:58:36 PM
#1425599
Canadiest
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.
7/19/2012 11:47:12 AM
#1425613
Filin De Blanc
Yeah, just like you can't make references to Haile Selassie as a historical figure because of his role in Rastafarianism.
7/19/2012 12:38:24 PM
#1425663
Quantum Mechanic
"I may be a bit uneducated"
Or 10E23.
But you're good for a laugh.
7/19/2012 4:41:48 PM
#1460337
MarylandBear
Try it, please. Make sure to claim tax exempt status.
And say hello to Kent Hovind for me.
10/19/2012 6:33:18 AM
#1460342
Dr.Shrinker
Science cannot be a religion. Science actually gets results.
10/19/2012 6:42:39 AM
#1514101
Quantum Mechanic
"a religion based completely on Science"
I don't think you know the meanings of the words 'religion' and 'science.'
3/10/2013 6:32:18 PM
#1514157
Jason Brody
It seems you are uneducated about a lot of things. Wait, you are a christian, right? Never mind.
3/10/2013 10:22:45 PM
#1518695
Mix Master Mikaeus
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.
3/24/2013 4:20:24 AM
#1519052
Blarghonius
If they did that, they would be the first and only religion based on fact.
3/24/2013 10:32:17 PM
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