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Science and religion ultimately cannot coexist because science is based on proof whereas religion is based on mythology. Just because religion was tackling ideas for centuries does not mean that its efforts were fruitful. The best they could come up with was six days and a flood. It was only science that managed to drag some people kicking and screaming out of the dark ages. It was science that freed us from the creationist myth. Science can also measure the euphoric effects and chemicals in the brain that come from "feeling the spirit" and the effects of certain mood altering drugs. The whole crux of religion is that there is an ineffable spirit that surrounds us and binds us, and that we cannot understand it. Baloney. Religion is a tool to subjugate. It is not designed to answer questions, but to fit people's mindset into certain patterns of thought. Religious figure, paraphrased; "Fine, ignore me, I am just the messenger. But the big guy upstairs is gonna get ya. We killed the nonbelievers, god was on our side. New Orleans, was flooded, it's your sinful behavior. But if you repent and do what god told me to tell you to do, your soul will be saved".
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