Science vs Religion

Question: Explain your reasoning. In your answer, provide a specific example of how science and faith either can or cannot work together? Answer: The study of nature, its various processes and development is known as science. While the one corresponding to faith related matters is known as religion. Science is based on evidence and believes that everything happens due to some logical and natural reason rather than because of interference of some divine power. On the other hand, religion believes that some supernatural power is responsible for the existence and happening for everything on this Earth. Jerry Coyne, in his book, Why Evolution is true talks about this never ending debate on science and religion in depth. It is improper to say that science and religion are incompatible (Good). They are just different. So, one can be a scientist as well as a religious minded person. Science and religion seem to be incompatible to each other because they just reach at different conclusions. Whatever shape might have been given to the term religion by the people, but in the true sense, religion merely means ethics or moral principles, which definitely can coexist with the scientific principles given by science. Science does not prove anything, it just creates hypotheses, makes predictions on the basis of it and then tests it for empirical evidence (Segre). Since God is an insupportable hypothesis, thats why science fails to define it and is in conflict with religion. In areas, where destination is same, science and religion seem to be compatible, but where they arrive at different destination, they seem to be incompatible with each other. But, in conclusion it can be said that science and religion are li ke two mediums in the journey of life and one can adhere to both simultaneously. It is all about the belief system and an individual may have a combination of both the belief systems at the same time. References: Segre, Eduardo. 'Religion Versus Science?'.American Journal of Physics62.4 (1994): 296. Web. Good, Ron. 'Jerry A. Coyne: Why Evolution Is True'.Sci Educ19.6-8 (2010): 821-825. Web.