Title: Is Science a Religion? | Psychology Today
Headings: Is Science a Religion?
Eric Dietrich Ph.D.
Is Science a Religion?
Do those who reject science merely belong to a different faith community?

Content: The Naturalness of Religion and the Unnaturalness of the World.) Sciences are social, but only because that is often the best way to get work done. Religions are social out of necessity—in order to reinforce their supernatural beliefs, which of course are utterly false. ( Just to be thorough: Many significant scientific advances were made by lone scientists toiling in their labs or out in their fields. Think of Newton, Darwin, and Einstein.) No science endorses anything supernatural (weird, yes, but not supernatural; see my posts “The Excellent Beauty of Scientific Mysteries,” “The Paradox at the Heart of Psychology,” and "Excellent Beauty, Part 4"). And no science countenances anything holy—nothing is sacred in science—it is all fair game. Let’s return to the second argument: