Originally Posted by marmalade

I don't think religion and science are separate. I agree with Og's definition of religion. Religion is the desire to create/discover order and meaning in the world. As humans are social animals, religion by definition is inseparable from the culture it arises in.

Accordingly, science is a subset of religion. And, historically, its true that science not only arose out of religion but also arose simultaneously. The earliest mythologies were attempts to explain natural observations: stars, sun, seasons, biology, etc.

Science isn't separate from humanity's seeking of morality and meaning. Science is far more than mere observation and prediction. Religion also makes observations and predictions. The distinction between science and religion is a modern one. This distinction was created for reasons of politics... separation of church and state. Really what this meant is that science became the new state religion for most countries.