This report is a follow up to a report I did yesterday concerning what is or isn't science:

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-327814

I think there are two distinct thought processes Thinking and Believing. Those who are thinkers are constantly questioning what they know or what they're told. Believing is an acceptance of a final answer or solution. Science is an infinite quest for knowledge. It is never ending and never final. Religion gives us the comfort of an ultimate answer that cannot be questioned nor revised. If science allowed "belief" to enter the equation then we would stop improving what we know and simply say God did it. This is an acceptable answer in the realm of belief, but not in the quest for knowledge.

My post from yesterday goes into a bit of the history behind modern science beginning with the Greeks who established the foundation of our current education system by creating specific studies like Biology, Geometry, Physics, etc. If the Greeks never separated religion from Science, then we all may think Zeus is still throwing lightning bolts at us. "Skeptomai" is the Greek verb "I think" and the English root of "skeptical" This gives us some understanding of their idea of what thinking is. It is to always question, to be skeptical.

One of the bloggers mentioned a discomfort with the fact that science is always changing and therefore not exact or finite. Religion is exact and finite because every complex question ends in God. If we accepted this notion, we would never advance or evolve technologically or culturally. The Dark Ages of Europe were not a time to be proud of, hence the name. We saw a massive intellectual regression because of bad political-religious leadership and a paranoia of what knowledge may do to their authority which was based on the fear of God. I think this fear of science proving religion invalid is just as idiotic as pushing Creationism masquerading as science. One blogger mentioned that the more we find out the more we realize we don't know. I think God is safe.

If our culture and Christianity are to evolve with our rapidly changing times and not die, then we must learn how to separate believing from thinking. They are both valid ways for individuals to answer personal questions about things they don't understand. Science gives us the capacity to keep improving and innovating. Religion gives us the finite sense of hope. If you mix either one with the other then you destroy their purpose.