A Hindu Perspective: Science vs. Spirituality

[Homeless Nutter]

What if I took what you said above and reworded it: 

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Science - it seems to me - is a way for people, who are not willing, or unable to access and comprehend spirituality, to feel like they possess some kind of "arcane knowledge", that escapes even the saints and sages. It's a crutch for ego. That's why spirituality produces results in a humans - like love, understanding and unity.

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You'd have no proof for such a statement being true. It would be just another bold assertion. Anyone can make those - they don't mean a thing.

You are using products of science - like micro-processors and synthetic materials - as we speak. There's the proof that science works. And modern science has only been around for a few hundred years.

How are you going to prove, that spiritual people are more "loving, understanding and united" than non-spiritual people? Just because you think so - that doesn't make it true. What you seem to be attributing to spirituality seem to be in fact effects of community and social interaction, which are perfectly possible without involving superstition, even though frauds, like gurus and priests tend to hijack those aspects of humanity, in order to profit from them. 

So, yeah - "I know you are, but what am I" defense does not really work in this instance, which shouldn't be surprising, since we're not in kindergarten. If you want to convince me that spirituality has any value, other than as a very convenient and profitable scam, you're going to have to come up with some kind of evidence, that it does ANYTHING at all, other than make you feel good about yourself. And after thousands of years of human spiritual pursuit - I expect your evidence to be pretty damn strong.