@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@Obsolesce but is there any major religion that makes scientific claims? This is something people say all of the time, but I actually don't think it's a thing. People who claim to be religious and claim to follow a religion often make their own claims about scientific things and lie about it being based on their faith, but that's extremely different than the religion itself saying it. There are plenty of tiny cults that have sprung up around any number of false "scientific" beliefs, that is obvious. But of major world religions, I'm pretty sure that this kind of stuff is just avoided.
Example... a region or local sect claiming to be Christian might claim X about dinosaurs, but Christianity as a whole has no opinion on the matter and leaves it entirely to science.
Discovery of the Barometer
Although tangential, I find this interesting that the discovery of the barometer is a good example of how science in the shadow of religion can shine through. If I remember correctly, there was, at the time, the belief that there was no such thing as nothing, and by extension, a vacuum. "God created everything, he didn't create nothing." Yet, it was by creating a vacuum or nearly so, that the barometer was created. It helped change the thinking of the time.