[js1138]

Belief in God is an entirely different approach to knowing than belief in a scientific theory. One does not put God to the test. One does not approach knowledge of God through a public, iterative process of observation, conjecture, experimentation and theorizing.

There are non-revealed religions, but progress in them is private rather than public. Each person studying them essentially starts at zero.

Science is a public method for accumulating knowledge. It is possible for a person with a believing temperament to have knowledge of science and to hold this knowledge with a kind of certainty that is indistinguishable from belief.

But this is not science. It is mimicry of science.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Science is a public method for accumulating knowledge. It is possible for a person with a believing temperament to have knowledge of science and to hold this knowledge with a kind of certainty that is indistinguishable from belief.

But this is not science. It is mimicry of science.

And that, I think, is the point of Johnson's article which starts this thread. And if it's not, it is, at least, the point I was trying to get to.