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Originally Posted by JoshJ  You're entirely backwards.
Science is eminently justified in its beliefs because science is based upon evidence and backed up with experiments. The formula for the gravity of a planet has been backed up with evidence that g=-9.807 m/s^2.
Religion is entirely based upon a subjective leap of faith (or indoctrination by authority) that one particular set of revelations is correct and all others are wrong (save where they happen to agree). |
Here you have shown that you misunderstand both science and religion, as well as faith.
Science is not eminent in anything, neither is it justified, if it presupposes to be objective. (here's a nice essay on the difference between "objective" and "subjective"
Thinking Critically about the Subjective-Objective Distinction ) The scientific method is "formulation of hypothesis (guessing) and testing." Origins can not be tested since no one can be there to observe them, therefore we are only left with hypothesis in the scientific method when we talk about origins.
Religion, on the other hand, has a written record which claims to come from an observer, whether you personally choose to accept it or not. That makes it more objective, metaphysically speaking, than science.
Faith, as defined by those who have it, is "the certainty of what we hope for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1)