Scout,

I agree that science is more “accessible, whereas religion varies according to who happens to be making the interpretation”, as you put it, if you mean by this that science brings us more securely within the bounds of what is whereas religion generally takes people wherever they wish to go. To put it differently - in science only the possible is possible, whereas in religion anything is possible. In science, an apple always falls down from the tree, in religion you can make it fall however you want.

Sorry to hear about the abuse. Abuse is always rudeness, and rudeness, someone said, is the weak man’s imitation of strength. I don’t mean to preach, but hang on to that "live and let live thing" despite the abuse. Good to hear from you.

Kind regards

Gulielmus

Gulielmus,

I like that "rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength".

I understand what you mean by "anything is possible in religion", however, I find that to be the case in science as well because the more we learn the more we find we have to learn. For example, just lying back on a starry night and considering the universe, starting with our solar system, the fragment of the arm of the galaxy in which our solar system resides, the myriad other galaxies, the possibility of multiple universes, the fact that I am actually looking into the past when star gazing..... I could just rabbit on.

When I was a child I wanted to be an astronaut and due to the vagaries of life missed my calling as a scientist, but I have never lost the wonder of it all. The infinite space for possibilities.

Kind regards