[craigimass]

Science and religion have about as much to do with each other as the idea that "mind can move mountains" has to do with a bulldozer.

The two are NOT mutually exclusive, but at the same time they have very little to do with each other. One is a province of thought and spirit and the other is a method for discovery of the physical world around us.

I would question any religion which does not accept science when it comes to the things outside of their purview.

You have to look at the religion of scientists based on their time and place. For instance, Da Vinci was a Catholic..since most everyone in Italy was! Galileo was also catholic, of course, and he got in trouble with the church for his outlook on science, specifically his idea that the bible should not be taken literally. He was CONDEMNED for his views - and as you can see by this quote, the church did not believe in science:
"The Holy Tribunal in Galileo's condemnation states: "The proposition that the sun is the center of the world and does not move from its place is absurd and false philosophically and formally heretical, because it is expressly contrary to the Holy Scripture."

Moving up in time we have Einstein, who although he was born Jewish , said this about organized religion:
"About God, I cannot accept any concept based on the authority of the Church. As long as I can remember, I have resented mass indocrination. I do not believe in the fear of life, in the fear of death, in blind faith."

Moving even closer to today, we find Dr. Francis Collins, who is head of the Human Genome Project and a very devout Christian. He 100% believes in God....BUT, 100% believes in evolution (against Creationism) which is evident by his quotes or listening to him:
"evolution by descent from a common ancestor is clearly true. If there was any lingering doubt about the evidence from the fossil record, the study of DNA provides the strongest possible proof of our relatedness to all other living things."

In summary, a person can have faith and belong to an organized religion - and also 100% accept every tenet of science. No conflict at all.

But when people start using their faith to create their "science" (and it is NOT science then), that is a whole 'nother story. After all, the earth was created 6,000 years ago and the universe revolves around the earth, right?