Is Science an Amoral Religion?

[Nautica™]

I don't really agree with this but I read this somewhere and just let me know your thoughts on it:

"Science has sometimes been viewed as a religion because it assumes that there are laws underlying the physical world that make the world function as it does. If they govern our world from the outside then these laws themselves must be metaphysical, or supernatural, much like god and, like a god, these laws are unknowable, yet are held to make the world as it is."

"The theory of evolution in particular can also be considered as a religion in a different sense because of its ethical implications. The theory of evolution provides us with a deep interpretation of ourselves, a way of telling us why we are here, where we come from, and where we are going."

[Captain Atheism]

I think the better phrasing is:

"Is religion an amoral science?"

Religion WAS the science of its day. It was the best understanding of the universe that we had. We just know better now.

The day that modern scientists refuse to acknowledge NEW findings is the day that they will be on the same level as what we know as religion, however.

[haysoos2]

No.

Science is an amoral technique for determining the relative veracity of different proposed explanations for an observed phenomenon.

It is not a religion.

It does not 'assume' there are laws underlying the physical world. Scientific investigation has shown that there are number of properties of the universe which do indeed appear to operate very much like rules. A major portion of science is dedicated to figuring out what those rules are, and when and why they apply. This is the exact opposite of being "unknowable".

There are no ethical implications to the theory of evolution. The theory of evolution is that the relative proportion of alleles within a population change over time due to natural selection.

Any 'ethical' implication to this is due to pseudo-scientific co-opting of a scientific theory to justify a philosophical choice, or incorrect application of analogy to explain a cultural trait. It comes from a misreading or misapplication of the theory, not the theory itself.

[Lanosrep Noitamrofni]

Science is proof of something. Therefore it can't be a religion. There is no proof of religion. It is all belief.