Physics and Philosophy - Thoughts on the Implications of Quantum Mechanics, and Other Matters #14

14. Science will never replace religion. It cannot explain death with facts. Why would anyone want to do so? Authoritarians are found in almost all denominations. The anti-religions have proven no less bloody than their false opposites. The state is a even poorer god than God. The instincts for religion seems inherent in the human herd animal. The soul is not spirit; neither is spirit the soul.