Change?

[Andres]

i doubt they choose the most trustworthy one, they choose the one that is the most appealing, spectacular. or else they dont choose at all and just stick with what they have been taught. most of these people that believe in the laws of physics nowadays would have believed in the laws of god 500 years ago.

I agree that the ancestors of those who are nowadays posting "", "" and "" in response to a religious fellow and making comments like "so much stupidity!", "how you can you not see how you're wrong" were probably shaking their heads in disbelief because of the stupidity of the guy who thought there were many gods, that lightning bolts were thrown by some bearded fellow and the waves on the sea made by another bearded fellow while every sane being knew of course that there was only one bearded fellow and you had to worship him while properly dressed, not while dancing naked.

I also agree that both said ancestors and said present day people posting smileys and condescending comments don't really know/knew what it is they were/are talking about, since the vast majority of both groups read it in some book or heard it from some other guy, without ever checking things for themselves.

Yeah, many things change, but some things will always stay the same. "I don't really know what I'm talking about but I'm right and you're wrong because I'm taking the position of what is the consensus nowadays! You're teh stupid!" is from all times.

That doesn't mean scientific findings didn't bring us much good, though. Just compare our living standard to the living standard during the time people believing in one God were making fun of people believing in many gods.

And as has been said much better before: science and religion shouldn't compete, they play in different leagues.