if religion is not true then what explains why religion is so universal
Easy- many things.
One, humans are curious. They want to know what makes the sun come up every morning, and go down every night. People are also stupid. Myths start up, people say they know what causes it, etc. and people start to believe it.
Two, humans try to convert other people. Just look at the crusades and the inquisition and all that... those people who didn't believe got either converted or killed. Seeing how humans don't want to be killed, many converted and started teaching thier children that. Those children taught THEIR children, etc.
Three, there's evidence for a "god gene".
if you can't prove something true then it is a theory.
wrong. If you CAN prove it true then it is a theory. Just like gravity, the fact that the earth orbits around the sun, the structure and dynamics of atoms, etc.
Creationism has nothing, i repeat NOTHING scientific about it.
creationism has not been proven false.
yes it has. did you know that 99% of all organisms that have ever lived in this earth (fossils) are extinct? there is no way those many organisms could have lived in the same earth at one time. Also.... say you find an aquatic fossil in the desert (many like that are found... and tropical plants in antarctica, etc.)... if everything was created at the same time, there is no way that could be possible.
some years back a method known as c14 dating was discovered that allowed dating of ancient objects. some bright scientist said hey we can use this method to date the age of the universe, so they break out all their do-dads and come up with a figure of 4.5 billion years, later it was discovered that their iron clad dating method was in error not by a measly 1 or 2 or even 10 percent but by a whopping 100 percent, the figure of 4.5 billion years was published as the gospel then they say oops.
You have NO idea what you're talking about. I don't even know what to say or where to start... that's just 100000% wrong. Nobody tried to date the universe with C14, the universe is 14? 15? billion years, not 4.5, etc. nothing you said there has any shred of truth.
yes i also have a big problem with science issuing "facts" to the world, if you were to actualy look at science as a whole, it is a large % theory,
first off, you're using the wrong definition for theory... well, you mean in the common parlance but you're right it's mostly SCIENTIFIC theory aka fact.
YOU should be the one to actually look at science as a whole.