(December 23, 2016 at 9:15 pm)RozKek Wrote:(December 23, 2016 at 9:12 pm)comet Wrote: science is data collection and conclusions. Not a belief statement or lack of belief.
It to be use by anybody, anywhere, at anytime. I welcome religion to use it.
The problem is, usually religion contradicts evidence. And that causes people to reject the evidence just to save their precious religion.
People's Exhibit A: the infamous Answers in Genesis "Statement of faith":
Quote:By definition, no apparent, perceived or claimed evidence in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the scriptural record. Of primary importance is the fact that evidence is always subject to interpretation by fallible people who do not possess all information.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
