(January 11, 2015 at 8:12 pm)Hammod1612 Wrote: Her argument was, that religion had lasted for thousands of years, and apparently (according to her "facts"), scientific theories have an average "lifespan" of about 30 years.
That's because science is about learning and religion is about ignorance. Whenever some new facts come up, scientists are ready to revise their theories or build on existing ones.
So what your friend says is an argument from ignorance.