Science is the best path of which I am aware for finding truth. Religion and science once complemented each other in my search for truth. I anticipated that one day science would reach the same conclusions as religion. I now reject religion and look to science as the best way I know to find truth. However, I do not look at the findings of science as inviolable and I expect the findings to morph and change with new data.
At their core, I view science and religion as very different methods. Even if science takes the place of religion in a person's life the effects would seem to diverge significantly. Religion, at least the form typically found in the Judeo-Christian faiths, is "proud" in that it cannot be successfully challenged according to "god's" rules. Science, by the West's definition, is "humble.” It is structured to encourage constant questioning, testing, challenging, and change. Science accepts the fallibility of positions, theories, and current understanding. Religion is the antithesis.
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