OK, you never answer the points I raise, but I'll answer yours.
I really don't see why science satisfies the same desires as religion.
What does religion promise? Life after death, sense of belonging, community, certainty, comfort. Does science do that? Not really. Certainty a bit, I suppose, althogh it's always subject to revision.
What about on a personal level? Religion offers the chance for advancement, power and position, influence, riches. Science? Well, some of that, for sure, but academics make little money and exercise little power. So not really.
I really don't see why science satisfies the same desires as religion.
What does religion promise? Life after death, sense of belonging, community, certainty, comfort. Does science do that? Not really. Certainty a bit, I suppose, althogh it's always subject to revision.
What about on a personal level? Religion offers the chance for advancement, power and position, influence, riches. Science? Well, some of that, for sure, but academics make little money and exercise little power. So not really.
