ToukaOone posted...
I don't know how you can claim that religion doesn't take science as is as an enemy though. Or rather, I don't see how you can acknowledge that the discoveries of science (and this is very important here, NOT SCIENCE ITSELF) contradicts Abrahamic religions at the very least and I don't see how anyone can hold religious beliefs, know about what science has discovered and still maintain they are consistently being "reasonable" in that domain. They can be reasonable in OTHER domains of their life, such as relationships, finance and health, but to claim they are reasonable about their religious beliefs would be... impossible.
Well...at least with modern Christians, it's just a question of how much of the Bible they consider to be a metaphor rather than a statement of fact. For instance, the parts of the Bible that claim the world is flat are considered allegorical by damn near everybody today. The parts of the Bible that claim Pi = 3 are considered allegorical by basically everyone. The parts of the Bible that claim God made the world in 6 days are considered allegorical by...well...a majority of Christians anyhow.
Honestly, I've known people in science (holding PhD) who were deeply religious, and found ways to avoid a worldview conflict. I knew a girl who went into astronomy because Biology offended her, and is currently living in Israel; I think she has her PhD now. I've known Biologists who claimed that almost everyone who goes into embryonic science ends up believing in God, because the things that embryos do are just so damn mind-blowing that it's very hard not to believe in a guiding greater power. It seems to happen routinely enough that it's quite doable to be both deeply religious and hold a PhD in science without feeling that your scientific expertise conflicts with your religious beliefs.
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Cats land on their feet. Toast lands peanut butter side down. A cat with toast strapped to its back will hover above the ground in a state of quantum indecision