Friday, December 04, 2009

The religion of science

Science is the religion with no god. Or rather, it is the religion that places man as the god. It is an arrogant religion with many zealots. All of them spouting facts and speaking intelligently as if they are the authorities on all manner of subjects. There is no argument against science that will be tolerated and you must forsake anything that cannot be scientifically proven. Anything less would be heresy.

We are constantly discovering new knowledge that counters the “truths” of scientifically accepted “facts.” Science is intellectual and not spiritual, but even with all this knowledge they have not the wisdom with which to wield it. They continue to plow through history claiming anything and everything they can. Science worshipers even try to rewrite history to fit their beliefs.

Science will claim events of the past happened in a way that fits their scientific model and never question it. Fitting the data to the model is very unscientific, but that doesn’t seem to stop them. They can’t accept anything that doesn’t fit their model, so arguing the point is useless. I chose to ignore the zealots and live my life with an open mind.

An open mind is not acceptable to science, which refuses to accept it could be fallible. The need to be right and explain everything comes from a need for control. Followers of science cannot handle a world that they cannot understand, and therefore control. The unknown bothers them because it reveals their true nature, ungodly as it is. Accepting this is not an option – man must be a god. Even if that is not how it is termed, that is the underlying premise. It makes me wonder if the Bunsen burner is their secret alter.

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