gnostic
The Lost One
Science is about coming up with explanatory models (explanations about phenomena in hypothesis or theory) that can be tested through observations, eg evidence, experiments, etc.
Evidence that can be observed (or detected), quantified, measured, compared, tested (verified or refuted), etc. These observations, counts, measurements and so on, provide data to the models.
So science is about acquiring knowledge through testable and verifiable observations, evidence and tests.
No models (be they “theory” or “hypothesis”) are accepted by default, no models are considered “Scientific Theory” unless they passed 3 main requirements:
Nothing is science without observable, testable and verifiable evidence. Models are only accepted after being rigorously tested. The evidence may either verify model is true, or it is false, therefore refuted. There must be evidence, before acceptance and rejection.
Religion, on the other hand, seeking “truth” through belief and faith, not by testing. For people can accept the belief that their god exist without observations, without tests, without evidence.
And there are no way to measure god, let alone detect and test god.
So where religions attempt to explore the creation of the natural world, they do so with faith-based belief, which very much sounds like belief in superstitions.
Science and religions may coexist together without conflict, but they are not seeking truth in the same manners, and in the case of religious belief, there is no objectivity in the search, because religious beliefs are all matter of personal preference and wishes.
Evidence that can be observed (or detected), quantified, measured, compared, tested (verified or refuted), etc. These observations, counts, measurements and so on, provide data to the models.
So science is about acquiring knowledge through testable and verifiable observations, evidence and tests.
No models (be they “theory” or “hypothesis”) are accepted by default, no models are considered “Scientific Theory” unless they passed 3 main requirements:
- Falsifiability
- Scientific Method
- Peer Review
Nothing is science without observable, testable and verifiable evidence. Models are only accepted after being rigorously tested. The evidence may either verify model is true, or it is false, therefore refuted. There must be evidence, before acceptance and rejection.
Religion, on the other hand, seeking “truth” through belief and faith, not by testing. For people can accept the belief that their god exist without observations, without tests, without evidence.
And there are no way to measure god, let alone detect and test god.
So where religions attempt to explore the creation of the natural world, they do so with faith-based belief, which very much sounds like belief in superstitions.
Science and religions may coexist together without conflict, but they are not seeking truth in the same manners, and in the case of religious belief, there is no objectivity in the search, because religious beliefs are all matter of personal preference and wishes.