Quote (AEtheric @ 10 Jun 2013 09:24)
Boldfaced: Then I fail to see what the issue is here. Both types of study show that people cling to more absolute beliefs when facing hardship. You said this yourself. Therefore, science can also be taken in faith. I believe you are not taking this into account simply because of your bias towards science.
There are plenty of priests who take the bible as the answer and then look for ways of verifying it instead of doing it the other way around. It dosen't matter if there are people who are philosophers with a degree in theology, which is why I had said that there can be faith in science, and that science is not purely analytical and empirical as though faith is its antithesis. Sure, they can 'distinguish', but those who have only scientific beliefs while throwing out the religious beliefs will rely upon whatever allows them to take absolute belief, and, therefore, faith is possible to have in science.
the bolded is where logic fails you
or rather your logic fails
my bias is towards logical thinking
