Can science ever replace religion, or vice versa? How do people reconcile religious and scientific explanations? Are scientific and religious explanations philosophically incompatible? What kind of biases do people have about scientists?  Why is there so much antagonism in media dialogues between believers and atheists?

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Can science ever replace religion, or vice versa?

  • How do people reconcile religious and scientific explanations?
  • Are scientific and religious explanations philosophically incompatible?
  • What kind of biases do people have about scientists? 
  • Why is there so much antagonism in media dialogues between believers and atheists?
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