The best part I find about science is that, while it may be shocking when it comes about, change is accepted. Things long thought to be absolute truths can be disproven and new theories can arise, accounting for new findings, new technology, and new understanding. My problem with many "beliefs" and faiths is that, for the most part in my experience, they depend on fundamental truths...and when you start finding that those things may not be entirely accurate, many of the resulting beliefs are challenged. This isn't in anyway a condemnation of any religion, it's just my point of view, and most of the reason I have a hard time completely identifying with any organized faith. Things change, lives change, humans change, and from that, understanding and knowledge change.
Now...one of our most fundamental theories of science is being challenged and you know what? It could shake up a lot of things. But that's why they are theories. That's why it's an idea...it's allowed to change. And that's why science is so fascinating to me. It manages to explain what we know, and adapt as we continue to learn...It's no substitute for faith, religion, spirituality or whatever you want to call it, but all that stuff is no substitute for science either.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44629271/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.TnuQEmAkLKE
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