Religion was an attempt to explain the world around us.

Thanks. Of course it all depends on how we define ‘science’ and ‘religion’. If we define religion as a belief system then there are likely to be conflicts, but if we define religion as a practice, then there need not be any conflict at all. In fact the two can become mutually supportive.

A blind commitment to the popular notion that a proper definition of ‘religion’ must be centered around a belief in a literal god is as unsupported by the historical evidence as the god-belief itself is unsupported by science.

So, those who believe religion is just belief in things that aren’t true, must, by their own definition, consider themselves religious.

I don't buy it. Not for one second.

The goal of science is to make knowable what is knowable.

The goal of religion is to make knowable what can not be known. A futile endeavor at best.

Just my 2¢

There is no real relationship between science and religion. They are mutually exclusive. Only those people who want to accept scientific principles and processes, but cannot wean themselves off emotion dependency on religion attempt a relationship between science . and religion

Science and religion are antithetical.