I meant what I said but then you read far too much into it.
Religion is based on ancient science but that means neither that religion is superior to modern science nor that ancient science is superior to modern science. I meant that modern science is based in belief but that we can't see it because our language filters all sensation and perception through belief. Just because there is so much belief underlying and in modern science doesn't make it in any way inferior to ancient science.
What belief is science based on? What do you think we can't see "because our language filters all sensation and perception through belief"?
Ancient science had its assets and liabilities. Its chief weakness was that as knowledge and theory were added to the language, the language itself became geometrically more complex. It was making people tongue tied.
What good is a language that increasing portions of the population were incapable of using. First they invented writing to accommodate those incapable of understanding basic "English" and eventually there weren't enough literate individuals to even operate the state. They had to switch to the "pidgin" form of Ancient Language that was already being used by all the "dummies". It was a 1200 year process between writing and the "tower of babel". A few literate people lived on for centuries as the "Nephilim".
The most important thing here that people are missing is that consciousness is a gift given by nature to assure survival of the individual. Until modern language arose ALL CONSCIOUS THINGS were scientists just as all plants and animals (non-human) are today. It is logic manifested as consciousness and expressed as language which is science until the Tower of Babel. Now we humans must employ experiment to tie our beliefs to reality and to execute science because our language is still just as confused as it was in 2000 BC when the tower "fell".
We have completely botched everything because science and history were lost in a cloud of (metaphorical) dust. Chemistry became alchemy, language became stand up humor, and science became religion. Religion, however, better than the other confusions, accurately reflects ancient science. It continues to drift just like the 7 billion different languages we employ but at it's root is a science that was poor at creating technology but excellent at creating understanding. Indeed our Holy Trinity is a confusion of ancient "thought"; Knowledge > Creation > Understanding.
This is all pretty hard for people not because it isn't very well evidenced and completely logical but because nobody wants to believe it. The whole human race is polarized along lines that don't even exist and people value their opinions far too much to accept that all opinions are wrong and we are not even an "intelligent" species. We are just wordy and have just accumulated vast amounts of knowledge because we have had complex language for 40,000 years. Nobody wants to believe that most of our knowledge is actually incorrect or highly conditional on things that have little to do with reality itself. We believe we have virtually become Gods so we allow Peers to vote on the very make-up of reality. We are Homo Omnisciencis and conquer far off moon in a single bound. We imagine we have far more knowledge and power and wisdom than we really do so we make and maintain outrageous mistakes. As companies, brands, quality, and resources spiral down the tubes at ever increasing rates we give all the wealth to those who have engineered the madness and call the creators of the wealth "migrant", "laborers", "illegals", "untrained", and all manner of labels to avoid allowing them to have a share. Resources, capital, and loyalty no longer have value or meaning. Companies don't care if you buy their product or not because they're engineered junk and you have to buy something. The madness goes far beyond just the economy and touches every institution.
People just don't care so they don't notice Congress makes taxpayers pay the insurance for infrastructure built on beeches that Congress deems will soon be deep underwater.
People just don't care because people believe we know everything and any contradiction is merely apparent while they can watch the Packers, eat some Cheetos, and forget about everything else.
