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People who think Science and Religion are opposed to one another don't understand either one.
What is science? Observing how to world works and learning from that.
What is religion? Philosophy (Here how you should behave, and how to live a good life)
Science has no reason to argue with religion, because religion is not scientific. There is nothing that can be proven or disproven.
Religion has no reason to argue with science, because whatever religion believes about the origin of the world, science just seeks to better understand that world. Knowing how electrons move is not an affront to God.
Arguing Science vs Religion is like arguing Painting vs Music. Sure, they're both art but they are completely different and do not overlap. There are plenty of scientists who follow one religion or another.
ITT: people with firmly held personal beliefs that Religion is anti-Science, and refusing to listen to rational arguments or studies that say otherwise. Proving that you can't logic someone out of their personal beliefs and it's a waste of time to try.
Science isn't out there making rules for owning slaves. And so that line about philosophy is utter bs. Philosophy also doesn't lay out rules for owning slaves.
Okay, I just said science and religion do not overlap so saying religion does something science does not just further supports my argument.
Philosophy is not science
Depends in the philosopher:
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/24-01-classics-of-western-philosophy-spring-2016/f74c1209194de820935eaaee72c8ec94_MIT24_01S16_SES23.pdf
The fact that people can have a religious book that has rules for owning slaves, while they themselves are opposed to owning slaves, indicates they are taking the "philosophy" they find useful from the book and not strictly adhering to everything in it.