Another sign of being a religion, is the need for the belief to exalt something. So what does evolution and science exalt? First let's look at what exalt means.
Exalt: To honor; to hold in high esteem; To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate; Exalted. (Verification for this usage is being sought). glorify or put much higher, as in: In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh was exalted over his subjects.
Today in almost every futuristic movie, science gets exalted as the hero of the problem or crime, that is dooming man kind, or the earth itself. Even T.V. series like CSI do this. So who is it that is really getting exalted? The people who are involved in science. And all those in past history that made the breakthroughs that allowed science to be what it is today. But it also has to be understood who is getting demeaned in these same movies and T.V. series so that science itself, and evolutionists, can look superior in all areas. And that is the Christian religion. Faith is always made to look weak and worthless, and God made powerless, hateful, vengeful, and a murderer. In one Star Trek episode, the borg queen quoted several verses from the Bible as she was determined to destroy man kind.
But even with that, the question arises that if evolution does not make science into a religion, then why does science see the need to compete with religion on every level possible using that very theory? Example: Does the theory of gravity compete with religion? Nope. Does the theory of electricity compete with religion? Nope. And they are theories, right? So what makes evolution a theory that can do this, while the others don't? In fact, evolution competes and disagrees with religion just like different faiths compete within different religious beliefs because they disagree with one another. Like Baptists disagreeing with the Mormons. How does evolution do this, and not have a foundation of faith?
Individual exaltation:
While debating a atheist-evolutionist, ever notice that the debate cannot get to far without them demeaning the Christian to make their status higher in the debate than their opponent? They will even go as far as to say: "You are an uneducated moron" to someone they have never met, and know nothing about. And if what the Christian is debating is making a good point against the atheist-evolutionist. Then they will say something like this: That computer you are typing on exists because science made it.
That is the perfect example of exaltation because what scientific question did that answer anyway concerning creation vs evolution? Nothing. And because the debating person supports science, they in turn exalt themselves as well. Basically, evolution is a promotion of ones self, if they believe in it. Which also means it promotes Humanism. Which is a form of religion that deems man as god or gods.
Exalting Darwin, a need to exalt the creator of evolution:
Darwin was the creator of the theory of evolution. Just as God is deemed the Creator of the inspired word of God and therefore all of creation. Any religion will see the need to take the person or being who started it all and exalt them to a status they deem that this person belongs or is worthy of. So like God is a status above what Darwin is, Darwin would have to be raised to the same status to compete. Or God lowered to Darwin's status as a human with no power. And this competition would be talked about if this were what the atheist-evolutionist wanted. So here is the example as I did a Google search to see if anyone was doing the comparison: Darwin vs God. (link) And then to prove Darwin's theory is also god like, you would have to exalt the theory high enough to compete with God. Evolution vs God. (link)
There is even individuals who take it upon themselves, as their sole purpose in life, to lower the status of the Christian God so that the Darwinian god can compete. To allow the Christian God to have God status is to always admit to something being better that what they believe. So they spend their days spewing their hatred for God while calling themselves user names like: Invisible sky daddy, as a way to mock God even before they debate.
Theory exaltation:
The different stages of exaltation of a theory show that science itself exalts their own ideas. Like religion, they makes the rules of how this exaltation will work concerning their ideas. And like religion, they have a panel that will discuss and vote whether an idea gets approved. Just like religion will test a doctrine against the word of God and vote whether it becomes a part of their belief. Science will test their ideas against the evidence draw a conclusion. And then vote on whether to accept the idea and the conclusions.
Scientific idea exaltation stages are:
| 1) Hypothesis: This is an educated guess based upon observation. |
| 2) Theory: A theory is more like a scientific law than a hypothesis. |
| 3) Scientific theory: A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results. |
