THANKS! LET ME INSERT MY REMARKS INTO YOUR COMMENT:
Atheism is not a religion, it is not because atheism is simply the belief that there is no god. ATHEISM TALKS ABOUT GODS, SO IT CLOSELY RELATES TO RELIGION.
This is not true and not a very solid argument. Talking about the non existence of god does not make atheism closely related to religion.
Is there a book of atheism that all atheist adhere to?
Are there are set of principles they all adhere to?
Is their a hierarchy and rank they adhere to among each other?
This argument is at the root of the disparity between your beliefs about atheism and science and actual atheism and science. You seem to have an inability to understand correlation and logic based decision trees that expand and branch out logically.
Science is not a singular "thing" that you can find a tiny fault in and proclaim "aha, this right here disproves all of science!!!". No. Science is a logical process that uses the scientific method. Does science get things wrong? Absolutely, mistakes are made all that time.
But the "beauty" of science is that the process is merciless in its pursuit of the truth. THE RELIGION IS ALSO DEALING WITH TRUTHS.
There can be no greater disparity than the Truth obtained via religion vs the Truth obtained via science.
Truth in religion is ONLY based on what a deity has declared is the truth. It is irrefutable, it is so sacrosanct that it is beyond the need for actual testing and verification. It doesn't require proof in the way of predictive models. God said XYZ is good and QRS is bad and that is that.
Truth in science only comes to pass after rigorous scrutiny and employment of the scientific method. It is tested, double blind tested, subjected to all types of conditions and boundaries and then after it has 'passed' it periodically is challenged again and again and again...
In the case of religion, anything dealing with the heart and soul and our relationship with God, I'm all for accepting as true. The problem lies when religious types try to apply biblical truth to the realm of science. The bible does not detail how to build a nuclear reactor nor does it even give you any basic laws of the universe as defined by science. And that is okay, that was never its purpose. But again, religious types (such as yourself) seem intent on trying to make religion and the "truths" declared by religion something it was never intended to be.
Science may suffer from the occasional hiccup or ego-maniac scientist who fudges the data to validate his hack theory... but it never lasts because science --i.e. the process, i.e. the scientific method-- weeds that out. SCIENCE HAS DEVELOPING METHODOLOGY, METHODOLOGY IS NOT UNCHANGEABLE.
I have no idea what your point is here????
Last but not least. For the love of heaven and earth stop equating science and religion. They are two completely different things and for the life of me I don't know [why] theists seem so intent on trying to equate the two. THE UNITY OF HEART AND MIND.
again, i have no idea what your point is here???
Science is nothing more than an attempt to describe and characterize the workings of the universe based on observation and employment of the scientific method. IT IS JUST PHYSICS, IS THERE A MATH OR BIOLOGY, OR PSYCHOLOGY TOO?
Biology is science, math can be considered "science" for the purpose of my argument. And yes, Psychology is science as well, though that is a science with big error bars and fuzzy probability clouds that are extremely complex. But it uses the scientific method
Religion is nothing more than the principles and beliefs governing our relationship with God who we believed created everything. FAITH IS FAITHFULNESS TO KNOWLDEGE. BLIND FAITH IS NOT TRUE FAITH. BLIND FAITH IS TRUST.
okay???? not sure what you are saying/arguing here
So why do so many theists insist on putting the two concepts in the same sandbox and making them fight? FOR THE SAKE OF THE BETTER WORLD.
I fail to see how making a mistake is for the sake of a better world.
The purpose of science is XYZ
the purpose of religion is QRS
the two are not meant to play or fight each other.
One is a fish, the other a bird
so why are you so intent on trying to force them to breed?
It is a form of hubris and actually leads to conflict that doesn't need to be.
What I see is my fellow Christians using their laymen interpretations of the bible and combining it with their grossly lacking understanding of science to create something that simply should not be.
Stop trying to turn Religion into a Science and Science into a Religion.