The definition of science:

http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/phy_labs/AppendixE/AppendixE.html

And thank you revlgking for actually demonstrating some interest in the topic. The polar opposite of science is faith whether expressed as religion, theology, new-age woo-woo brain-dead nonsense, or as described here:

http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~siegel/quack.html

I wonder if you are sincerely trying to join our community or just pandering. Time will tell.

BTW: Reverend ... where, exactly, did you earn your DD?

DA Morgan