Does science sound just as miraculous as magic and religion to believers?

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What I mean is that numerous studies have shown that atheists on average have a much higher level of education attainment than religious people. And while atheists only make up 10-15% of the US population at large, they make up over 90% of the scientists holding advanced degrees in the US.

As a result, it is not uncommon for atheists to have a much higher degree of understanding in the sciences. So when people are talking about the origins of the universe, and atheists being up things like vacuum energy, quantum gravity, an the multiverse, do you think theists hear those phrases and due to a lack of science literacy just equate them with magic?

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"Thinking" is magic to fundies.

nameless · Answer

Does science sound just as miraculous as magic and religion to believers?

~~~ Unlike religion, science does not require a 'belief infection' for it's existence, just evidence!
And, yes, 'science' is quite awesome!

the internet · Answer

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. The less you know about how this world works, the less you can distinguish between reality and fiction.

Anonymous · Answer

Magic is unknown science. If people in the past had seen magnetic levitation, they would have called it magic.

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No.  Their world is in black and white.  They simply don't see the dynamic color and the magnificence of it all.

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Does science sound just as miraculous as magic and religion to believers?

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