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: Religion cannot cure a single disease. It cannot usefully explain a single physical fact: not where humans came from, not where life came from, not where the universe came from. Religion cannot explain volcanoes, earthquakes, thunderstorms, hurricanes, epidemics, allergies, birth defects, diseases ... nothing. Religion cannot usefully explain a single thing. Science, however, explains all these and a lot more. So how can any reasonable person think that science is a religion? Furthermore, all religions have three central properties. ( 1) All religions are social systems, (2) all endorse (and even require) something that is supernatural, and (3) all designate something as holy or sacred. ( For a detailed discussion of these, see Excellent Beauty: