Once Upon A Time

[Tiberius]

Quote:much the same as their dad had believed in God

Well, except thats not quite true now is it?

You stated that the father didn't know much about God, but rather appealed to the authority of a preacher. The difference between this and "believing" in science is that through science we can know much more than the father ever knew, and we don't have to appeal to authority to do it. Science shares the research with everyone, and anyone can redo the experiments to see the results for themselves. We teach science everywhere, and since its conception has accelerated the achievements of mankind to the points where there are almost no limits to what we can discover.

Science isn't about "wanting" to believe anything. It is accepting the results that the method gives us.