Newsflash: There is no real conflict between science and religion. There are, however, way too many people in modern societies still struggling with philosophical questions from 500 years ago. It doesn't help that this 'issue' provides a perennial sensation that might help cause someone to consume the usual mass-mediated, meaningless bullshit that makes the rich richer. It also doesn't help that much of the leadership of the very social institutions that might help people learn to distinguish between, say, empirical reality as a vehicle of material truth via scientific processes, and metaphorical reality as a vehicle of—for lack of a better term—spiritual, or subconscious truth via religious faith or other spiritual practices (and understand how these inform each other), are as underdeveloped and ignorant as the rest about how these might integrate into overall human cognitive experience. How possible is it that we should evolve societies and cultures that serve human development and long-term wellbeing, rather than being based solely on the needs and interests of profitmongers, fundamentalists, and obedient consumebots?
