Well, I think Science or scientists don't actively try to make people understand the workings of the world, the way the religious preachers(RPs) do. This is because scientists are paid to explore the unknown while the RPs depend on people's ignorance for their business.
As far as faith is...
Not at all!
Jesus taught keeping the God as the central figure.
While Buddha had distanced himself from the concept of God & essentially taught ways to understand & improve human condition.
And if you happen to read the lives & teachings of these two people, you will find very little common...
Hey Richard, I meant the Bible thing is just a "story" & religious people don't teach it to their children in the way as pointed by you. They paint a very scary picture of the world & then invoke the idea of god as a way out of it. Actually, you painted a very real picture of the world, & this...
Religion prescribes some belief system & requires the follower to stick to it even if it goes against the workings of the world.
Science on the other hand works just "contrary" to that. It observes the world & then forms a "belief", & more importantly it is open to further be amendment in the...