Re: What is SCIENCE?

Charles & Mambo wrote...
> 
> Really? So there are people believing that Jesus exists without ever hearing 
> about him?

Probably not.  Jesus must be a specific revelation to someone.  But
that's not to say that people cannot believe in god(s) without ever
hearing anything from organized religion.

> How exactly does one "believe" in history? You mean, until he starts 
> believing in it, he thinks nothing ever happened anywhere?

It's like this...
A = George Washington was the first president of the US.
B = George Washington was not the first president of the US.
I believe in A.  I do not believe in B.
Or it could be like this...
A = The person named Jesus as described in the Bible was an actual
person who actually did those things in the Bible.
B = Jesus as described in the Bible is fiction.
I believe in A.  Someone else might believe B.  How are we to know
which is true?  They can't both be true.  We'd have to look at
evidence, etc...

> On the same note, how does one "believe" in astronomy? In evolution? Does on 
> chant prayers and thump the Origin of Species?

Believing in astronomy and evolution work the same way.  For
example...
A = Humans evolved according to the theory of evolution.
B = Humans did not evolve that way.
An evolutionist would believe in A.  It's similar to saying the
following...
I adhere to A.
I think A is true rather than B.
I know A is true.
On and on...

Dan