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Re: State Your Religion
Old 07-06-2006, 12:38 AM   #21
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You're definitely right about science. Physics will tell you nothing about truth - Instead it provides models to describe and predict the behavior of the world. Occasionally new evidence will emerge which will make us alter or discard certain theories. That is the beauty of science and what sets it apart from religion. Science changes as our understanding of the world increases, whereas religion remains static. Scientists are often accused of being closed-minded, but I maintain that they are the most open-minded of individuals because they are willing to change their beliefs and alter their theories based on new evidence. Religious people tend to hold on to their beliefs and rationalize away any evidence to the contrary.

While there of course scientists who are close-minded, a true scientist is one who is willing to grow. For example, while they may be 99% sure that Relativity is a valid description of reality since it has agreed perfectly with every test ever conceived, there is still that 1% room for doubt.

Nothing happens in contradiction to the laws of nature, only in contradiction to what we know of them.
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