Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-28826152-20161221223809/@comment-27388204-20170104123939

Other way around IMO. Science is about making observations, scrutinising the evidence, and coming up with theories. It's not about thinking we can do anything, it's about accepting that we can't but trying anyway. It makes people more observant and open minded, willing to change their ideas to accommodate new findings. What was fact one day may be disproven the next. Religion is about holding on to what you believe in in spite of new discoveries, and as such remains the same for centuries. Those who question it are threatened with an eternity of torture. It divides people into groups that are more often than not bitter enemies that want nothing to do with each other. And each group thinks they are better than the other because of the god they worship, or even the way they worship the same god.