Papal Stargazers

kochu · Post by **kochu** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:43 pm

Vatican and Astronomy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7021358.stm

Kochu/2-10-07

ChaosKnight · Post by **ChaosKnight** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:18 pm

What if science is the new religion, and scientists are the new priests?

Post by **zong** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:45 pm

Hmm.. this topic is explored in Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" series of novels. Depends on how you see it, yes I think Scientists are now the new priests. Science has gotten into such a complicated stage that whatever they research on, is probably too tough for laymen to understand.. so we just take it as "the truth"...

kingkong · Post by **kingkong** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:07 am

ChaosKnight wrote:What if science is the new religion, and scientists are the new priests?

you may disagree with me, but imho... by definition, priests don't admit they might be wrong. scientists do.

most unlikely that you hear a priest proclaims "believe and may be you will go to heaven."

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:09 pm

kingkong wrote:you may disagree with me, but imho... by definition, priests don't admit they might be wrong. scientists do.

I know of a few scientists who refused to change their opinion even when challenged with scientific evidence... we are humans after all!