Change?

[The Stranger]

Such is the fact of life. And so, the people choose the side which seems to be the most trustworthy.

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.

An appeal for the people to challenge science directly, as the YEC-ites are doing, is utter bollox, because all those challenges are grounded on ignorance of science

you are right here, you cannot critisize a system properly if you dont understand it. revolutions are always children of the tradition they rise up against.

I would actually respect the YEC-ites is they followed the scientific method, if they used valid debating scientific techniques

here i disagree. you do not tell a scientist that he has no right to say god doesnt exist to a christian because he is not using christian/theological methods. so you either should tell the scientist that, or not tell the YEC-ites the opposites. This is a huge problem, because since the introduction of the scientific method, every other method or way of looking at the world has been deemed inferior. The scientific method is not foolproof, neither is it the only way to produce a valid worldview.

[Rhyfelwyr]

The world would be a nasty place without our scientific advancements, I'm not going to rant about how science is bad just because the world of internet debating makes it seem like it should be in direct contradiction to faith/religion.

Faith deals with morality and our understanding of humanity and life. Science deals with entirely different things, at the end of the day it is about understanding the mateiral world around us. Of course, they can overlap when it comes to the broader existential questions.

Science has reduced the importance of faith, simply because the advancements it has brought has meant that people no longer need to turn to God so much. Complementing th is has been the processes in the political sphere, which has caused the state to replace the social role of religion.

[The Stranger]

The world would be a nasty place without our scientific advancements, I'm not going to rant about how science is bad just because the world of internet debating makes it seem like it should be in direct contradiction to faith/religion.

Faith deals with morality and our understanding of humanity and life. Science deals with entirely different things, at the end of the day it is about understanding the mateiral world around us. Of course, they can overlap when it comes to the broader existential questions.

Science has reduced the importance of faith, simply because the advancements it has brought has meant that people no longer need to turn to God so much. Complementing th is has been the processes in the political sphere, which has caused the state to replace the social role of religion.

Science is more than that, it has become a way of life, with its own morals and customs.