>>Good point, Metmom. Indeed, given the nature of the scientific method, one wonders why anyone would both to redicule past scientific beliefs as, at least in most cases, said scientific beliefs reflected the state of the art science at that time.<<
Well, the state of science today and in the foreseeable future does not include deities.
freedumb2003 is right. If you must “believe” it ain’t science. Science must be testable to prove a hypothesis. Religion ased people to put a belief statement into the experimental process. That’s not science.
And don’t’ start namecalling. I’m a fundamental evangelical.