Science and Hope chapter 2 part 2/2

I picked up a few points from chapter 2.
1. Every time we have ideas and test those ideas with the outside world we are doing science, being scientist.  To me this shows how related and close science is to us.
2. Science is seemed to Carl as a spirituality.
I feel as though Carl is just as spiritually connected to science as I am connected to my faith. To him, science is a source of spirituality.
3. Science has something in it , a mechanism if you might say, that finds errors in itself.
4. Science cannot be earned but proven. By this I  think of a scientist who is the smartest in the branch. Every move he makes in science is seen as perfect due to his wisdom and his credentials, yet he is just as likely to make mistakes as any other scientist.

Carl has shown a lot, through his eyes, about science. In this chapter I feel as though he gets more personal. There's is a sense of connection, even though for most of book I haven't agreed with him.

Science and Hope Chapter 2 part 1/2

       Science is an attempt to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, and to steer a safe course. Science is far from a perfect instrument of knowledge but has a built in error correcting machinery at its very heart. Science carries us toward an understanding of how the world is, rather than how we would wish it to be. It's findings may not all be comprehensible or fulfilling at first. Some science is very simplistic and when it gets complicated it is usually because the world is complicated or because we are complicated. We shy away because it appears to be too difficult causing us to surrender the ability to take charge of our own future. This causes our self confidence to erode.
         Science may be hard to understand. It may challenge beliefs. Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of the people who rely on these prophecies to support or prop up their beliefs. Carl asks if there has ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science? He goes on to say that there isn't a religion on the planet that doesn't long for a comparable ability to foretell the future events.  No other human institution comes close....
           I do agree with the first paragraph. Science has been a very important tool in the expansion of our knowledge and the world around us. I would have to disagree with Carl in the second paragraph. Carl asks"Has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science?". I would say yes. Science means knowledge, and true science always agrees withe the observable evidence. Scientific research, as shown in paragraph one, continues to unfold the wonders and mysteries of our universe. There is one book that has anticipated many of these scientific facts. That book is the bible.
           The link provided below demonstrates many fulfilled prophecies in the bible.
http://www.matthewmcgee.org/prophesy.html

Introduction to the book

The text starts off wiht a quote from Albert Einstein to the effect that "all science may be imperfect but it is still the most valuable tool we have for understnding our world". To Sagan "Those who accept unquestioningly the astonishing but unproven myths of popular culture allow themselves to be dupes". I agree with these two statements. I wouldn't believe in something that was unproven or believed due to popular culture. I question things I believe as a Christian. It would be silly not to. Those questions drive you to get answers which, for me, brought me closer to my faith. There are scriptures, even in the bible, that demonstrates this:

Acts 17:11

New Living Translation (NLT)

¹¹ And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.