Humans are inherently political creatures (this is easy to forget in our atomized time), and trying to isolate any area of human endeavors from religion is impossible (with a complete understanding of religion).
Pain threshholds are psychologically variable but if you're ill you're ill, think we're hitting a deep difference in perspectives here
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Yes, which means we've reached the area of our faith. I cannot convince you from here, although you might be converted.
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Does established medical understanding recognise the relationship of faith to health that you're suggesting? I think it's closer to what I'm saying
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Of course they don't, they're men and women of science!
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Well I suppose when I was arguing for the separation of religion and politics we already saw it as being separate from science, maybe I was assuming there then
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Can't separate religion and politics from science, either, sadly.
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The History of modern science has been a success to just the extent that we did in fact acheive that
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I'm very skeptical. Modern science is (most often) done in the academy, and the academy is a religious institution with its own theology and dogma, and plenty of politics. How many decent, testable hypotheses have been rolled out in the last few decades compared to cash spent?
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Plenty of research takes place in industry, and STEM has largely until now been insulated from the religious aspects of the Cathedral. What testable hypotheses? I could point to any technological development out of an abundance in recent times
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