reply to post by sisgood
If people on both sides could pull their heads out of their butts then they would see that religion and science can and does go hand in hand.
To answer your question, science can be seen as a religion.
Could some people worship at the church of Steven Hawking?
Do people who believe that science could not possibly be wrong and anyone that doesn't believe in everything that science says is a theory or a law, is illogical?
Could these people worship in the church of science?
Could these people worship in the church of science?
Isn't it dangerous to put too much trust in any idea? To refuse to believe that you could... maybe, just possibly be incorrect?

: Yes, I agree, too many people put too much in what is said by somebody, simply because they have a reputation, or have
been right on another topic previously, and more should be done to research and question and critique this work. Only then is it true science, IMO.
But don't we have the same problem with people believing politicians, newsreaders etc, and can this not simply be attributed to the nature of humans
in this environment? and, yes unfortunately that does include laziness. He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 146
German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
But I would also argue that "not having belief" or "less belief" is
impossible as even what is held as "knowledge" is nothing more than strongly believed belief. And how can you dismiss my religion when I do not have
a claimed one? 