Reply #9: the difference is, religion presents the 'answers' and then accommodates/ignores the evidence as it

[Warren DeMontague]

comes in.

Science, OTOH, is an open-ended methodology which claims no final "answer" but merely attempts to construct ever-better explanations or 'maps' for reality and phenomena, always subject to further revision as new data comes in.

Look at it this way: Is "Christianity" ever going to say "Oh, yeah, we thought Jesus was savior, but now we've got new information and, sorry, Jesus isn't lord anymore". No. Then it wouldn't be "Christianity" anymore, would it? But if Jesus showed up tomorrow, science would have to completely revise and accommodate him into the scientific framework (not that that's going to happen) because that's how science works.