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Originally posted by Killconey
Forgive me for arguing an older point, but I keep coming back to when Oane said, "Evolution obviously. It's science. What's religion got to do with it?" Isn't science what the majority of religions are founded on? The Greeks saw a lightning bolt and were afraid. In learning about their fears, they formed a religion. Who's to say that in another thousand years people won't look back at the foolish Evolutionists and their silly religion?
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No, it is not correct to say that the majority of religions are founded on science.
To use your example, the Greeks saw (observed) a lightning bolt and postulated a person (Zeus) in the heavens who was throwing them.
A scientist observes an event (lighting bolt) and makes no such assumptions, but uses the scientific method to understand what it is and what causes it.
In other words, scientic method is what distinguishes science (observation followed by hypothesis followed by repeatable experimentation) from religion (postulation followed by faith).