Science is much younger than religion, but no less a religion, a provable one…over time. A very long time.
Twice this week science has been dealt a blow. Stephen Hawking, who made a career “hawking” Black Holes, now says that they do not exist, at least not as he first theorized. And Polaris, the North Star, was once considered a Cepheid variable star but is now rejecting that label by behaving differently than scientifically predicted.
In the mid ‘80s, there were astronomers that suggested that our Sun might be a flare star, which could account for “global warming”. Where did those learned voices go? Silenced for blasphemy?
Science, in the modern day, is trying to explain the incomprehensible the same way religion did a couple of thousand years ago. They answer the question, “Why is that star getting brighter?” with the same available knowledge as someone asking why seashells were found in mountains in biblical times. They don’t know, for sure, but feel the need to offer an answer to make the questioner feel comfortable when he or she goes to sleep at night. Oh, and to project the aura of superior knowledge and wisdom over the questioner.
Or not.
Pat