Non-overlapping magesteria

[watchamadoodle]

What is truly universal can thus be expressed interchangeably,
either using the faith-based religious symbols for these relationships,
or the science and real-world examples that reflect these patterns.

That's interesting. Many of the creation stories have a battle between Order and Chaos (like Yahweh and Leviathan). The god of Order chopped-up the god of Chaos to construct the universe. So it reminds me of the randomness we see at the quantum level. It's neat that ancient people developed a myth is still meaningful today.

On the other hand, science already has equations. Why do we need religious symbolism and myths (except for their charm)?

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And what of art created solely to express the artist's inner feelings? How do you measure that?

Science can measure the wavelengths of the golds in Wheat Field with Crows -- but can it take measure of the desperation of a suicidal artist?

We need to know the feelings of the artist. Maybe we can guess the artist's feelings from his/her history. Maybe the artist will even tell us the feelings that motivated the artwork. Then we simply question people as they experience the artwork to get their reaction. Also we can measure the level of fascination too. If a person gets the message and yawns, then that isn't good art IMO.