The scientific method is a tool, not a belief system. Science, from the Latin "scire", to know,
from Webster's, "systematized knowledge derived from observation, study, etc."

Belief is opinion, supposition, conviction, creed or doctrine, without absolute proof,
from the Old English "belyfan", from ga-laubjan to hold dear or love. The root of
the meaning of "belief" shows us that without proof, people hold on to an idea
they hold dear or love. This attachment to the belief without proof shows us how
science has nothing to do with the belief. Creationists feel some need to try to
prove their belief now with pseudoscience, but in the past, people just acknowledged it as faith
without proof. Rather than try to re-define science or faith, they should acknowledge
that each has their own place. Science in science class... belief in religion class.