religion
/rɪˈlɪdʒ(ə)n/Submit
noun
the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
"ideas about the relationship between science and religion"
synonyms: faith, belief, divinity, worship, creed, teaching, doctrine, theology; More
a particular system of faith and worship.
plural noun: religions
"the world's great religions"
a pursuit or interest followed with great devotion.
"consumerism is the new religion"
Absolute truth, is fictional. It is all powerful, omnipotent and all knowing. Many atheists worship science as if it were absolute truth, a deity.
Real scientists don’t say I believe the Big Bang is how we came to be. They say it’s most likely.
whether the universe had a beginning or not, we don’t even know that - Bryan Cox
To approach the Big Bang as absolute truth, is to be religious.
Back to my point about multiple theories on the Big Bang. A non-religious education would have open source information on all theories related to the Big Bang. I understand that our education system wants to cram as much information into us in as short a time as possible. Having to pick the most likely answers and teach them as absolute truth is a side effect of this nature. Regardless, religious protocol is what it is.
In short, teaching using religious methodology, is teaching religiously.
Measurement by physical means is a little different. Using our system of measure, we end up with a useful tool in day to day life. This is where science shines as a useful tool. But as we break down into non-useful micro measurements we see that even this understanding is flawed.
On a micro scale, 10m is not equal to 10m. Particularly if one measurement of 10m is in motion and the other not. 10m now is not the same 10m in half an hour or a trillion years. It’s all relative to the observer.
I’m going down another rabbit hole here so let me reiterate the similarities of our 4 concepts. Religion, art, science and philosophy.
A picture can paint 1000 words. Or, a 1000 word scientific theory can paint a picture. By reading and understanding Einstein’s version we get a vivid picture of something from nothingness, exploding into a universe. The most common picture amongst the general population. Tesla painted his own version as did Sir Roger Penrose with his infinitely re-expanding version.
Tesla, Einstein and Penrose are all artists in that they look at reality, using their painting as a way of interpretatng their expression. Einstein’s painting shows nothing before the Big Bang but Penrose painting shows an entire universe.
Scientists are like artists, in that their expression is interpreted by other like minded observers. People who don’t know art, can not interpret artistic expression. Likewise people who don’t know science can not interpret scientific expression.
If all scientists beleived in the exact same version of the Big Bang, and all bullet points on the subject were uncontested, only then do we have absolute truth.
But when modern day physicists can say things like we don’t even know for sure if the universe had a beginning, then it’s clear that even through science, the best we can understand reality is through artistic expression.