Science as Religion Debate

Belief in Science is a religion.

Science doesn't have "facts" or "truths". It is based on falsifiability: for a theory or hypothesis to be considered scientific it must be able to be tested and conceivably proven false.This is the key difference from religion, which has no such "falsifiability" equivalent.The closest thing to "beliefs" is probably an individual following which of several competing theories is most likely correct -- but there's always the underlying basis t

In a round-about-way you are hinting at the 'science is a religion' mentality. If something can't be explained by current scientific knowledge then, the people who think that way, must have the idea shot down and disregarded. It's a binary thought pattern that would probably be less common if history (and philosophy) had a greater value in society.

As much as science is a religion.

Yes. "The science" has become a religion for many.That's not how science is supposed to work.

Yes, the belief that we must base all of our knowledge on science is itself a "religious" belief:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientism* https://blog.apaonline.org/2018/01/25/the-problem-with-scien...

Many scientists hold religious beliefs, I don't see the difference here?

Please stop construing your religious beliefs with sciences. Sometimes the answer is simply we do not know.

Science isn't a god, you're misusing both words. Science is how we stop lying to ourselves, it's a method of disproving claims to arrive at knowledge; it's not a religion and its practitioner’s are not fundamentalists. Those who practice science are not being blind, they are in the fact the only ones trying to find the actual truth which is why everything is falsifiable and skepticism is the norm.

What I mean is there are no articles of faith in science. There is no equivalent of "Jesus was born of a virgin". Science doesn't tell you that "E=MC2" is never to be questioned. The phenomenon you describe exists, but I don't think you will find justification for it in a scientific text. But you will find justification for religious dogma in the religious texts themselves.