Any other atheists here? Some frustration

[Thorne]

even in the filed of theology revision and peer review happens even if its not er aparrent, otherwise new religions would never form, desintion in the ranks in both science and religion has often resulted in "new" ways of looking at the world

While there are always exceptions, most dissension over the last 2000 years has been more in the manner in which the leadership was running things than in any real theological differences. They all still worship the same God, it's just how they do it and who gets to say how it's done that they argue over.

by definition science is a "belief" system, i can choose to believe the results of any given experiments validity or not, sometimes wieghted with the review of many others and somtimes not, (look at current beliefs of different scientists about mars and water there etc) a given scientists view on somethings like say "what killed the dinosaurs" can be just as controvesial and filled with preconsieved ideas as a religious belief

Yes, to some extent this is so. But with science you can always perform the experiment yourself, to determine the truth of the matter. True, in those areas where interpretation of data is paramount, such as 'What killed the dinosaurs?', interpretations can vary tremendously. But each side of the argument must be able to back up their interpretation with physical evidence of some sort, and not just say it's so because and ancient book says it's so!

ocums razor or not, is the prossess of the universe just some random reactions in time? or is it by design? both religion and science attempt to answer the question

Most religions I'm familiar with (Judeo/Christian primarily) don't attempt to answer anything. They believe they already have all the answers. And their answers are the only correct answers. Most scientists know, or at least should know, that any answers they may find are tentative at best. New data, or new understanding of old data, can change the way science thinks about almost anything. But all new data, or interpretations, will undergo rigorous scrutiny and testing, to insure that everything is kosher!

for it is the question that drives us

Amen!