Science and religion

[The Grand Nudger]

You've read entirely too much into that chestnut. Science is only valuable (insofar as such a generous interpretation of any given religious text is concerned) when it offers reinforcement, however shaky, of a previously held belief about magic. This is why science is simultaneously right and wrong in the eyes of those who might propose this despite reaching both conclusions (the "right" and "wrong" ones) using the same principles, standards, and process. Science, for example, supports the quranic narrative as much as it supports the biblical narrative (which is to say not at all) - yet amongst those who believe that it does science will be mystifyingly exclusionary. "My magic is less magical than your magic". I think the really interesting thing about this trend is that science has clearly become something one wants on their side, even in cases of those who would like to assert the truth of the miraculous. If science wasn't on their side, would they abandon their belief? Doubtful in many cases.

Talk about worshiping at the altar of another.