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Sure, but science says "I learned it like this, you can learn it this way too." Religion says "You can't know this. You can't ever know this. You just have t

• mindcrime 14y ago
  Absolutely. Don't mistake my comments here as any sort of defense of religion. Just pointing out that science is not, maybe, as absolute as some people would suggest. "Black Swan" events do happen and previously accepted ideas are thrown out. What makes science so much more compelling than religion, in my book, is the testability. What we think we know about the world, as a result of science, enables us to do things with tangible benefits... cars, computers, jet airplanes, Mars probes, mp3 players, etc. I don't see any way to test much of anything that religion tells us is true. And to the best of my knowledge, when people have tried to validate religious beliefs (like the power of prayer) the results have not come down solidly on the side of religious belief.