Why are there no denominations in the sciences?

Question

Yet no religious people seem to agree on anything, and everything is open to interpretation?

Wrong, young Jedi. You have much to learn.

Different disciplines in the sciences are not the same as opposing sects in religion. Try again.

Answer 1

In a sense there are.

Every scientific discovery and natural phenomenon has multiple theories to describe it.

Answer 2

the dictionary is a handy thing to have.
denomination.
1. The act of naming or designating.
2. That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title;( especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals;) a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons.
3. A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; as in a denomination of Christians.
please pay special attention to the sentence in no.2 in parenthesis,
now.all sciences are not the study of the same thing but they all call themselves scientists. so then you have the Major denominations of science.for every scientific theory you have your group that holds to that theory,but you also have opposing theories and opposing groups. take for example evolutionary science there are 6 main theories of evolution. that means that there are 6 groups( denominations )that hold to their particular theory.and believes that the other groups (denominations) are wrong.they each present their theory as the truth and the others as wrong.I wont even bring up creation scientists!
and religious people do agree on things like .There is a GOD!
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Answer 3

Because science is about how stuff works, and is proved with logic reason and demonstration, ergo, it's an ever expanding knowledge base, black and white and yet to be discovered. Noone can contradict it without being ignorant or delusional.

Religion is doctrine, and therefore open to discussion of it's meaning, about Why rather than How. It cannot be proved or disproved any way, so it fragments into denominations of differing versions of base morals.

Answer 4

because while scientists may disagree and form temporary camps on an issue, in the long run, study and new theories change the nature of these arguments.

In short, scientists do not sign onto permanent sides, because the sides can and do change. The debate itself prevnts the entrenchment of a permanent "denomination."

Answer 5

More like there are factions, Take some Cosmology ... No one group agrees totally with Stephen Hawking. They usually just write a book attacking him rather than a physical attack like the fundies love :-)

Answer 6

Foucault (who I have a cat named after) would argue that the so-called disciplines of science are, indeed, denominations of science, and that we only separate them because of social controls that say "this part of science is biology" and "this part of science is chemistry."

Then he'd get all excited and find a leather bar.

Answer 7

Who says there aren't? Look up the philosophical implications of quantum mechanics. There are many scientific issues which have scientists divided into camps attempting to demonstrate their points.

Answer 8

Because science is based upon facts as we know them at present. Religion is based upon faith in the unknown.

Answer 9

There are. Mainstream science calls them pseudo-science. A lot like orthodoxy calls others heretics.

Answer 10

There are denominations in science:

Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Biology, etc.