Is Science a Religion?

I involve myself with science and I'm not trying to avoid religion. What is wrong with saying that a dog is a cat?

I involve myself in science at my job and I'm this -->| - - - - | But seriously, how do I tell you how religious I am? On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the most religious, I would put myself at a 5. Even if my faith is weak, I'm not avoiding religion like you claimed. I do believe in my religion. I don't see why how much faith I have is important to this discussion. No. Why should I? Do you think a Catholic priest would advise against me getting a Bachelor's of Science? Or were you talking about the pope? What do you mean by "believe in" when refering to science?When I go into the lab this afternoon and find that this new product has a corrosion rate on aluminum of 100 mils/year, how do I "believe in" the science that I used? Is it because I accept the results as accurate? Or is it that I believe the scientific explanation for the cause of the corrosion? And what does that have to do with me believing that Jesus is God and trying to follow his teachings? It is not obvious to me, please explain.And now you've thrown the words "truley" and "firmly" in there. You are changing your statement into something that cannot be false because I don't think that anyone firmly believes in science. Scientfic results are tentatively accepted. And now you can say to anyone who does believe "well, you don't truly believe." You are being dishonest. You should repent.But anyways, the reason I replied was this statement:

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Obviously, the people who involve themselves with science are trying to avoid religion.

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Like I said, I involve myself in science and I am not avoiding religion. I'm sorry, but you are just plain wrong, and the statement is far from obvious.When you named yourself "Open MInd", were you being sarcastic?You're making it very hard for me to have any respect for you. Please explain why you believe the way you do.