Matter of Faith? Thought provoking, and very true for the examples you brought up. I think the only difference is that science often delivers the goods. We have technology that works, which sort of lends impartial legitimacy to large swaths of what those experts say, so that when they talk about more theoretical matters, they are still using that authority. Religion can only hope to do that with ecstatic states and that sort of thing. Science: The accumulated knowledge gained directly by humans over the centuries using research and the latest available technology. Knowledge that is continually challenged and corrected by people with better educations using more current technology. Religion: (Judeo/Christian): Stories written by people 3000/2000 years ago who did not witness any of the events written about, who had no first-hand knowledge of the events, who based their writings on previous writings or stories down by word-of-mouth. Stories filled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies. I "put my faith" in science, not through the process of belief, but through the process of reason. [...]Stories written by people 3000/2000 years ago who did not witness any of the events written about, who had no first-hand knowledge of the events, who based their writings on previous writings or stories down by word-of-mouth. ecco, you might like to reconsider your statement. The Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) were written by eye-witnesses, people that were actually present for most of the events they describe. Their accounts were written while other eye-witnesses were still living.