God vs Science-TIME

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What I find amazing is that so many people seem to think that religion and science are incompatible and that they are two mutually exclusive things.  For most of history, science was seen (at least by scientists with strong religious faith) as a way to discover God and to confirm their faith.  For example, 17th century chemist Robert Boyle, a devout Christian, believed that science was a means to know and worship God and to get a glimpse into his perfection (The One Year Christian History, p. 733).  Only within the past century and a half have people began to view religion and science as diametrically opposed to one another.  Ironically, I believe this has a lot to do with Charles Darwin publishing The Origin of Species (1859), since, like Boyle, Darwin is believed to have been a devout Christian.  I still believe that science and religion are very much compatible, and if you search for the answers as to why they seem to contradict each other, you will find them.