Religion isn't much different. If I can use Islam here. You have a statement. Expanding universe, big bang. It's usually an ayat (couple of lines) that in and of itself may not be sufficient. So you look through tafsir, you look to explanations by the great physicians and mathematicians and then draw a conclusion. Again fair enough if you then disagree. [/aquote]
That is confused nonsense. You don't cherry pick a few vague statements and try to shoehorn them into scientific theory to prove that there must have been someone who "knew" when the books were written. That isn't at all how science works. That isn't how logic or evidence works. You may use observations to form a hypothesis but you then test it to see if it is true within the bounds of the study. Hypotheses are then refined, retested and our knowledge builds. As our understanding is refined what we know as "fact" evolves. Picking a vague statement from an ancient religious book, saying a line or two sounds like something scientific in no way validates the idea or the concept of there being a supernatural being. If there is a supernatural being you need empirical evidence of that being existing.
Even simple things as Salah (prayer) for a Muslim has this format. The Qur'an simply says pray. The methodology was how Muhammad taught it go his companions.
Again not to be rude but you don't place your faith on something based on Ricky Gervais. That's as nuts as flat earthers to me.
I really don't think you understand how science operates. A procedure, lets say a 10 step one how to make a cup of tea, is not scientific in nature. Science often uses methods and procedures to investigate things but it is not simply a procedure.
Wikipedia describes the scientific method quite well. It is not just a procedure. Not even close.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method
[quote="wikipedia]The
scientific method is an
empirical method of acquiring
knowledge that has characterized the development of
science since at least the 17th century (with notable practitioners in previous centuries). It involves careful
observation, applying rigorous
skepticism about what is observed, given that
cognitive assumptions can distort how one interprets the
observation. It involves formulating
hypotheses, via
induction, based on such observations;
experimental and measurement-based testing of
deductions drawn from the hypotheses; and refinement (or elimination) of the hypotheses based on the experimental findings. These are
principles of the scientific method, as distinguished from a definitive series of steps applicable to all scientific enterprises.
