Why Do people Promote the idea that Science is a religion?

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It's largely a straw man. They equate abiogenesis with evolution, and because abiogenesis was God's responsibility, KNOW that evolution CAN'T be true. Facts don't matter.

God is a metaphysical construct, where as "evolution" is a scientific one. And in the hierarchy of knowledge Metaphysics trumps science. Because science is a product of a philosophical view that is incompatible with religon to the extent that someone is religious. You'd have to first convince them that God "Created" the universe from scratch, and then implemented the process of evolution in order to achieve his goals, and that his hand still plays a part. That is the only way I have ever seen a religious person accept evolution.


The answer to the original question (see topic) the reason religious people promote science as a religion is to establish a legitimacy for their religion. They seek the respect and honour that properly belongs to Science. What they don't understand is that science HAS that respect because it utilises the Scientific Method. THAT is what gets the respect and honour. Religious people call science a religion in the hopes that people who respect science will also suspend their brains (much like they have) and thus respect religion.

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Definitions:
Suspend their brains: Take an idea/hypothesis on faith rather than through rational understanding. (religious people may feel free to drop this definition in order to misrepresent my argument, or commit other logical fallacies.)