Is Science our New God?

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There was a time when the universe revolved around the Earth, and nobody questioned it. Today, the Earth revolves around the sun, and nobody questions it.

Instead of believing superior beings created our world, we have turned to science as the great faith. The scientists are our clergy, and their discoveries our daily teachings. Once an open venue for the propaganda of racists and bigots (Negro-Mania for example), science is now seen as the unbiased, undeniable Truth to the mysteries of our universe. Some don't understand the scripture, but they don't dare question their clergy for fear of being scorned. Instead of Sunday school, children learn about it every day at secular institutions. Instead of turning to a priest, we turn to a person in a labcoat.

If we step back and examine the new world religion, we can see leaps of faith, and the unshakable devotion that some have towards those beliefs. The Big Bang, now commonly accepted as the true Genesis of our universe, can not be empirically proven, it cannot be witnessed. Through physics however, we have created formulae that prove it happenned. Instead of embracing this world as a proving ground for our essence, we grasp on to the belief that our corporeal existence is devoid of significance. We aren't divine creations, simply meat bags that exist to pass on our DNA.

As we contribute, in apparent perpetuity, to this revoluion in thought, our place in the universe becomes more and more meaningless and hence, our lives become worthless. One could contend that this is the ultimate method of mind control, the deadening of the soul. Why create when both the process and the end result are worthless? Why exist when our lives are no more important than that of a cockroach?

In British Columbia, they are in the process of exterminating 19 million fowl to control the spread of the Avian Flu. One could argue, scientifcally, that the extermination of all people with AIDS, Hepatitis, and other communicable diseases, is justifiable to ensure a safe breeding ground for untainted human beings.

The violence in our world has created a conniption among the relgious. They believe their faith must have a monopoly for our species to continue.

Is it imperceivable that this could happen among the Science-Faithful in the future?

A Brave New World where life has been proven meaningless and the furthering of our species our ultimate, and only, goal? The elimination of passion, emotion and creativity in favour of productivity and cleanliness? A whitewashed world, packed with tens of billions of automatons whose mantra is "Life is Meaningless."? Daily services held to push this ideal? Curious children told not to think because thought is meaningless? Emotion driven out of us slowly, generation by generation, until finally we feel nothing at all?

The essence of our humanity exists in philosophy, spirituality, emotion and thought. Without that, our lives truly do not have meaning.

(I just want to add that I am preaching NOTHING with this essay, so pls don't flame me, or call me a bible thumper or anything. Thank you and good nite.)