The similarity of scienctific method and faith

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@psyah

Scientific methods are undertaken in the following manner:

1. Observe Phenomena
2. Gather data/Analyse
3. Hypothesise
4. Test
5. Refine Hypothesis
6. Model plus Assumptions

Steps 1 and 2 are and should be done by both groups of scientists and people pondering over the world for the meaning of it.

Phenomena are unexplained happenings, but this definition is given to miraculous things when it concerns people of faith.

To hypothesise is to make a stab at guessing the pattern. Patterns are found in intelligent life and structure and harmony is indication of intellegence.

When certain models are set up assumptions are put in place, these can be either limitations to the context of the model or they could be ‘as taken starting points’ the premise to prove that would be too difficult and based on what is generally accepted by people. These assumptions are blind beliefs in a model that is only nearly mapping the perfect world.

So quite a lot of science lends its terms to religion, please discuss

I think Point 1 would differ depending on what part of religion we are applying this to. The creed or dogmatic part of our religion may not fit the definition of a Phenomena as it is not observable in the same terms as what can be observed from a scientific perspective. A phenomena must still be observable though sensory means for it to lend itself to scientific data gathering and hypothesizing. In in abstract sense data gathering and hypothesizing occur in both science and religion however the subject matter is different in nature or its objectivity.