Religion isn’t the enemy of science: it’s been inspiring scientists for centuries

     Take notice of any debate in the media and you’ll see that science and religion are, and always were, at loggerheads. Science is about evidence-based fact, religion is about faith-based belief.But repeating statements endlessly in the media doesn’t make them true. The actual entanglements of religious tradition and the development of science are far more interesting than the superficial conflict common today – and far more important. And rethinking how we view the relationship between science and religion could help give scientific thinking the wider public support it needs.Ibn Sina (Avicenna). Wikimedia CommonsThe history of scientific thought is closely linked to that of religious thought,

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