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Originally Posted by peter12
There's nothing wrong with science. It's just collecting and analyzing data, from a methodological perspective it's been around ever since Aristotle said we should measure things with our senses, rather than just our imagination.
The interpretation of scientific data is become very "religious," in my opinion. Fervently so, in fact.
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Maybe the interpretation of scientific data just seems like it's religious because it keeps pushing into the realms that were formerly the realm of religion?
Rolling a ball down an incline and determining the relationships of the forces is something easy to disassociate from god/spirituality/however you want to define religion and describe and understand scientifically. Things like morality, origins, consciousness, and meaning are far more difficult, but are still natural phenomenon and are still subject to scientific inquiry.
Or am I missing your meaning?
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Originally Posted by peter12
Natural events should have no impact upon our human understanding of the truth.
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Now I really don't understand what you are saying here, what do you mean by "the truth"?
Natural events are the only things that have an impact on human understanding. If it is determined that free will is an illusion that will (and should!) have a significant impact on our understanding of ourselves, society, morality, etc.