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I had to read Widdershins’ full post to understand what Flacus was saying (I didn’t realize he was quoting). The characterization of his mental state is a bit over the top, but let’s move on for now.

I agree that religion and science can’t be combined in any way that we could be left a recognizable version of both of them. And I don’t think there is some third thing that could made out of the two, but that could be a failure of my imagination. What I can imagine is better narratives of science being spoken in a manner that looks more religiony. The best examples would be children’s stories that stay true to scientific accuracy but tell a story that didn’t really happen or maybe personify things a bit. A more adult version would be something like a TED talk by Brian Greene. In between, a high school education could include a more complete story of science, showing the history of how it came to be, how it effected culture, or how people like Darwin’s wife dealt with the changes. That’s not religion, but it’s taking the idea of narrative and applying it to the dry teaching of facts and dates and names.