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Re: Religious Evolution
Posted By: Eugene, on host 209.149.49.62
Date: Saturday, May 19, 2001, at 17:51:27
In Reply To: Religious Evolution posted by Wes on Friday, May 18, 2001, at 22:16:40:

> I think that science is a religion of sorts, and unlike the previous two forms of religion, science cannot be wrong, because it's ever changing, and based on the scientific evidence that we would use to prove other religions wrong.
> Wes - "Why is it that all my posts are always so incoherant and stupid? 'Because you're incoherant and stupid.' Oh. Well. That makes sense then."

Science is extremely useful in our world and it has a great degree of application, but science is only so useful. The major limitation of science is that it cannot answer questions about things which it cannot measure. Science will never be able to prove whether ghosts or spirits exist - it cannot measure them. Science will not be able to define morality - how does one possibly measure morality? It's great to put faith in science, to believe that it can cure the physical vices of the world. It's lousy to make science your faith (though I really mean spirituality) because it cannot be appriopriately applied beyond the physical world.
Eu'I heart science'gene