Are you stating that you believe it's OK for a science program to be biased against religion? Why?
“Are you stating that you believe it’s OK for a science program to be biased against religion? Why?”
Are you stating that you believe it’s OK for a religious program to be biased against science? Why?
Yes, absolutely. Science and religion are opposed, and you shouldn't expect a discussion of one to defer to the other.
Yes, I know the history. But the history of something is not the thing itself. Talking about the history of science is not the same thing as science.
To its credit, the church was central to spreading and promoting learning. It did this to promote its own goals. It did not expect independent learning to conflict with religious truth. When it did the church could also be pretty vigorous about opposing it.
The reality is, religion and science have an essential conflict by their very nature. It's not about whether they agree on any particular conclusions, or not. It's about the method of arriving at truth. They claim opposite values. Religion values faith. Believe without reason. Science values doubt. Question everything, see for yourself. With one faith is a virtue, with the other a vice. One should not expect science or religion to be unbiased towards something that is essentially at odds with itself.