Saturday, April 08, 2006

Science and Religion

He who says he knows, doesn't know. He who says he doesn't know, knows.

Despite what has often been asserted by persons on all sides of this debate, neither science nor religion has, or should have, the least thing to do with the pursuit of truth. Any practitioner who says otherwise ought be regarded with the utmost skepticism, for they are at best delusional and at worst have foresaken the rest of us in favor of a journey entirely for their own entertainment.

What then, if not truth, do science and religion seek? Power. One gives us power over the universe, and the other gives us power over ourselves.