Science and Religion

It is an ancient conflict. The war between science and religion has been waged for centuries. The most well known example is Darwin and his Theory of Evolution vs the biblical Story of Creation. However, the conflict is as old as Christianity itself if not older. Many stories were told in the early church of the defeat of magicians and the like by the apostles or other saintly believers. These magicians along with the astrologers and medicine men of the time were the Roman Empire's equivalent of scientists. This seems to be a recurring theme. In most cases, scientists are the ones under assault by those of a religion. Whether it be because evolution contradicts the literal sense of Genesis, the ordering of the solar system hurts the pride of men, or because of the belief that science is magical and demonic in nature. However, despite the fact that these two understandings of reality have been constantly at odds, it should be possible two mesh the two. Science is not magic and it never pretends to prove or disprove the existence of God or any other spiritual being. By the same token, the findings of science especially in the modern day are overwhelming convincing and cannot be ignored. Indeed, only those who are far too close minded in respect to either philosophy can wholly deny the necessity of the other.