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<blockquote data-quote="perfecxionX" data-source="post: 5666431" data-attributes="member: 572854">Science is not a belief, science is a tool for shaping beliefs about reality.&nbsp; Science develops theories based on the predicable results of observable phenomenon in controlled experiments.&nbsp; Religion (at least the dogmatism in religion) for the most part is just a shot in the dark that often invokes the supernatural (unpredictable sometimes unobservable). So you could think of &quot;science as a candle in that dark&quot; (Sagan:veryhapp<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Faith, almost by definition, is belief in the absence of evidence.&nbsp; Where we have evidence for what we believe we have no need for faith.&nbsp; Science is a rigorous tool for compiling the evidence necessary for a more reliable view of reality.If by &quot;race to absolute 0&quot; you mean the science that propped up theories about racial superiority, that was not science.&nbsp; That was dogmatism being supported by pseudoscience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="perfecxionX, post: 5666431, member: 572854"] Science is not a belief, science is a tool for shaping beliefs about reality. Science develops theories based on the predicable results of observable phenomenon in controlled experiments. Religion (at least the dogmatism in religion) for the most part is just a shot in the dark that often invokes the supernatural (unpredictable sometimes unobservable). So you could think of "science as a candle in that dark" (Sagan:veryhapp:) Faith, almost by definition, is belief in the absence of evidence. Where we have evidence for what we believe we have no need for faith. Science is a rigorous tool for compiling the evidence necessary for a more reliable view of reality. If by "race to absolute 0" you mean the science that propped up theories about racial superiority, that was not science. That was dogmatism being supported by pseudoscience. [/QUOTE]

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