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Originally Posted by George
Perhaps you are suggesting a more allegorical viewpoint for religion. That might explain where I am loosing you.
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Yes, that's part of what I mean. It has to do with what religion should be used for-- and interpreting scientific knowledge, like a model of the solar system, is not one of them. Basically, religion should never have been used to make a model of the solar system, that's not what religion is about. That's just what many religions try to do in the absence of actual scientific knowledge, but it's a mistake-- it's like a guessing game when religion tries to "inspire itself" into scientific knowledge. There is no evidence that "god" imparts scientific knowledge to humanity-- by definition, scientific knowledge is obtained via the scientific method. Individual scientists may feel that their inspiration for following the scientific method comes from their religion, but this doesn't directly affect the result, which must emerge scientifically or it is not science.