Are you religious? Yes/No and Why

[Lady Vulpix]

Bear, science exists (I should know, I'm doing scientific research) but that doesn't mean everything every scientist says or publishes is true. More over, the vast majority of scientists do not believe that everything other scientists say is true (I wonder if there's any who does), and those who allow themselves no doubts about their theories are not following the scientific method correctly. In order to formulate a valid theory, you have to be as aware as possible of your assumptions (which always exist) and there's always a chance of some of those assumptions being wrong.

More often than not, physicists, chemists, biologists, geologists, etc. (even computer scientists, and sometimes even mathematicians) know that there is an error in their results because it's impossible for humans to perceive and measure everything correctly, and because there are usually unknown variables in play. They try their best to reduce the errors, but it's impossible to eliminate them completely. Science can be very useful in helping create new things and improve people's lives (or ruin them too, but I'd rather do the former) but any scientist who claims to have found an absolute truth is an arrogant liar.

[Metallixs Girl]

Bear, science exists (I should know, I'm doing scientific research) but that doesn't mean everything every scientist says or publishes is true. More over, the vast majority of scientists do not believe that everything other scientists say is true (I wonder if there's any who does), and those who allow themselves no doubts about their theories are not following the scientific method correctly. In order to formulate a valid theory, you have to be as aware as possible of your assumptions (which always exist) and there's always a chance of some of those assumptions being wrong.

More often than not, physicists, chemists, biologists, geologists, etc. (even computer scientists, and sometimes even mathematicians) know that there is an error in their results because it's impossible for humans to perceive and measure everything correctly, and because there are usually unknown variables in play. They try their best to reduce the errors, but it's impossible to eliminate them completely. Science can be very useful in helping create new things and improve people's lives (or ruin them too, but I'd rather do the former) but any scientist who claims to have found an absolute truth is an arrogant liar.

I'm actually fascinated by Science because it does teach us about creation, and it confirms my faith a lot of times. But I think it can be abused. I hated Global Warming in the 90s because everyone was using it to instill fear in children. I was in the fourth grade and a teacher told my class that when we were 30, there would be no oil left on Earth. Captain Planet said you couldn't go outside in 10 years without sunscreen or you'd fry, or something like that. I think that was horrible for them to do that to us, you should never EVER put that kind of burden on little children. It seemed to be everywhere. I'm not worried about it now, but that just wasn't right.