Religion
In reply to the discussion: The dictionary is wrong – science can be a religion too [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,294 posts)They are obviously, blatantly, self-evidently "guilty of imposing their flawed religion on others" because they "trie(d) to force women to wear a burka" or " blew) up an abortion clinic". So, yes, those are "imposing their flawed religion on others". They involve force. It's bleeding obvious. Comparing use of force like that to scientists who cling to an outmoded belief on a scientific subject is absurd. In fact, it's faulty thinking.
If you want to compare a scientist "who clung to the dominant paradigm" while being wrong to someone, try comparing them to the billions of believers who cling to the dominant paradigms in their religion, eg that a person was an incarnation of a god, or that a person received a message from a god, or that their prayers are heard by a god, or that there is an afterlife, or that they will be reincarnated. Of course, the scientists had far better evidence for their wrong conclusion than, for instance, a person who thinks Jesus was resurrected. Does this mean you regard all religious believers are fundamentalists?