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I agree with your sentiment Absynthe, but not the details. Science is unafraid to completely re-invent itself if something new and unexpected is found. .
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And relgious people aren't? Mate, if people didn't do that we'd all be Jews, Hindus and ancestor/nature worshippers.
How much do you know about what it is to have spiritual faith?[/QUOTE]You didn't read the last part of his post.[/QUOTE]That's irrelevent. I was asking how much he understands about having spiritual faith. See, I know what it is to love science. I enjoy discovery. Spiritual faith INCLUDES the processes used in science. Theology itself is a science. Science and spiritual faith are not preclusive.
Rokkens post, aside from ascribing human qualities to an abstract concept, (ie. Science is not afraid??) It seems to show a lack of understanding of people of faith. Simply citing historical instances of persecution is meaningless. Was Caesar killed for religious reasons or because he was going to 'buck the political system'. Politics, greed, fear. These things are what cause contention. Religious bodies can be filled by fearful, greedy politically minded folk just like any other body of people. Like a scientific institute.
When ideas about Time travel were put forward a few years ago, large numbers of German scientists said that and I quote: "Such thinking should not be allowed".
Should not be allowed? Thought control?
Science is knowledge. Knowledge is ammoral. Knowledge cannot be afraid, fearless, evil, conservative or radical. It is the people who possess it who can be any of those things, as any person can.