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Originally Posted by grip_daddy
Science assumes that religion is based on assumptions since it cannot set an experiment to ratify it as a fact.
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The assumptions of religion are unobservable (spirit world). However, science does have its assumptions, eg parallel lines do not meet (you'd have to travel for all eternity following two line to make sure they never meet!!!).
What science does in these cases is provide a Proof of Concept. As in, IF assumption x, holds true, then system y derived from x should be functional. The problem with religion is that its proof is still in the other world, eg "righteousness leads to heaven" - can you show one person for whom this holds true? You'd have to go to heaven and return!!!
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Originally Posted by grip_daddy
Science as a discipline is the leading branch of knowledge that bases its reasoning on assumptions, set to verify those assumptions, empirically tabulate data got which are dependent on the initial assumptions, make inferences based on the data, then assumes that the inferred concept is a fact.
Science assumes that all that man can comprehend and intuinate by use of five senses, that all that can be inferred from material (matter based) instruments, and that all perceivable via scientific methods are all that is.
Science is ALSO based on assumptions
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Yes, those fundamental assumptions are called
axioms, ie basic starting points of logic. The soundness of basic assumptions should be demonstrable using logic and tests. Some of Einsteins theories were demonstrated after his death.