Can Science Pursue Religion To Be False?

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In many ways science proves religion to be false. Religious individuals do not want to believe the facts that science proven because it proves their beliefs to be false. It all boils down to proof, there are many ideas religious individuals believe in that have no clear or exact answer. Nothing about religion is factual, instead it is all based off of belief and idea. While science is centered around fact and proof. Believing in science and theories such as evolution goes against many religions beliefs/ideas. Science and religion are totally different view points and are impossible to reconcile in my opinion. Humans like to see ourselves as absolute unique individuals and on a pinnacle of the natural order. Evolution compromises that and many

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