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Nevertheless, I am not running down Science or logical thinking, as compared to some atheist or logic fanatics who think they could possibly have all the answers by their logical deductions or inductions alone. I am basically saying Science and logical thinking have their limitations and in many instances, Science is no different from religious belief as well. The faith and belief in some theories that explain some empirical observations.
And people should not feel "superior" when they are standing on the scientific point of view because if one day, their belief in the theories are being contradicted or debunked, they will collapse totally. The only way forward is for us to continue our seeking path towards the Truth... be enlightened, not just belief.
Goh Meng Seng
You are flawed. Seriously flawed. Science and religion approach reality is totally different and incompatible ways. That is why I have strongly believed they can never be discussed together.
Without science, we would not have antibiotics, atomic clocks, rockets that can travel to Mars, computers that can track the price of stocks 24 hrs a day. Don't contaminate this achievement by putting it in the same category with religion. They are totally disjoint and mutually incompatible approaches to reality.
Science, is as I;ve said, based on inductive reasoning and empirical evidence. A good scientist is not afraid to be proven wrong. He knows that even if his theories fail, science as a whole has advanced, because we now know what is false.
For religion, no religious man will accept the failure of his theory or belief. That's the difference.
So don't get started equating the two.