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In reply to the discussion: Does the Big Bang breakthrough offer proof of God? [View all]sarisataka
(18,627 posts)Science and religion can easily coexist as long as they remain in their own field.
God may or may not exist. If God exists, by the definition of omnipotence the existence cannot be proven. If there is no God, a negative cannot be proven. Science therefore is rather useless in this regard.
Religion is a guide on how to live with tangential stories of how things began. It doesn't explain thermodynamics nor how something may get around the laws of thermodynamics in a way humans can duplicate. The universe operates by the theories of science which explains almost everything observable. Religion must accept that science explains how things work. When there appears to be conflict between science and religion the onus is on the religious to reevaluate their understanding of that which they acknowledge cannot be fully understood