**By nature, since science and religion occupy different domains, they are not inherently in conflict. The problem only lies in certain religions that seek to overstep their boundaries.** Science is concerned with nature and its principles; religion is concerned with the supernatural or what is beyond nature. Science instructs us on the laws of planets, galaxies, atoms, and molecules; religion fantasizes on God, angels, heaven, and hell. Since inherently, these two institutions take care of difference domains of knowledge, I assert that there is no inherent conflict between them. Hence, I agree with the Stephen J. Gould's notion of [Non-overlapping magesteria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-overlapping_magisteria). However, we do need to acknowledge that certain religions seek to overstep their boundaries; this is when problems occur. Certain religions go so far as to make claims about nature, which would usurp the position of science. The best illustration of this may be the evolution vs. creationism culture war that has been raging for centuries: the hard work of scientists, their incredible work from laboratories, their theories and knowledge had to be challenged merely because of several sentences of some ancient book. The core tenets of Christianity include the trinitarian God, the birth and death of Jesus Christ, the salvation brought forth by his death, and the Day of Judgment. All of these are concerned with supernatural elements. However, Christianity also has certain elements that interfere with nature: for example, as I mentioned earlier, the creationism claim, and also other issues very pertinent with society, such as its views on homosexuality. This, however, is only true for certain religions. For religion as a general category, it has no inherent conflict with science. As long as both take care of their own domains and don't overstep each other, they can have a friendly relationship.

Science and religion are inherently in conflict because they both claim to have understanding concerning the nature of ourselves and the world around us and arrive at different conclusions concerning them. Religions usually claim their understanding, and the laws and rules that come from that understanding, is complete. It's understanding often comes from one or more "holy books", in which "the truth" is contained. While science accepts that any understanding and laws it uncovers, is subject to revision or alteration or elaboration, when further evidence comes to light, or a better understanding is created while looking at old evidence. Science also likes to test the laws it uncovers with experiments. Religion tends not to do this. Science also strongly prefers evidence that is got from more than one source. Religions tend to believe whatever is in their holy book/s is the truth and disqualifies evidence as irrelevant, false or wrong, that contradicts it. Science also prefers the idea of the simplest answer is more likely to be true, while religions claim that their holy book/s account is true, however elaborate or unproven the elaboration is. While science does not currently accept ideas like: "the spirit" or "the soul" (as far as I know) it is, in theory, open to accepting such things exist, if strong evidence arises. While science does not concern itself directly with such concepts as "the meaning of life" (like religion does) science can, (through the open minded gathering of evidence) assist the individual to make choices to arrive at their own conclusions concering such questions. For instance through the theory of Evolution science has uncovered that the least well adapted species survive and procreation is something that all species do. An individual might believe from this, that his/her meaning in life is to procreate and to be well adapted to survive. Science investigates ideas, which were the province of religion, such as: How did the world or universe begin? How did life begin? What is mankinds' origin and ancestors? When will the world end if it follows it's present course around the sun? What is the nature of our consciousness? Why does the sun rise in the morning? Why do we get certain diseases? (For instance leprosy was thought to be caused by sin and reincarnationist still believe some illness people are born with are caused by previous life wrong doing) Does the sun revolve around the earth or does the earth revolve around the sun? The list is endless. Science has few boundaries on what it can test for and try to create theories for (based on repeatable experiments) So science and religion will inevitably be in conflict as few subjects and claims are off limits to prove or disprove.

Mr Eric Metaxas and Dr John Lennox discuss the 'question of science and God' in a two-part video series by _Socrates in the City_. Metaxas is an American speaker, author, and talk show host, specialising in history, biographies, Christianity, and right-wing politics. Whereas, Lennox is a Northern Irish bioethicist, mathematician, and Christian apologist. It's worth listening to whether you're theist, atheist, or agnostic. _John Lennox: The Question of Science and God – Part 1_ —https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDjNv-ea56E&t=2211s _John Lennox: The Question of Science and God – Part 2_ — https://youtu.be/Tr3ghb6JG6A?si=f9vNI-3gmyIr8cTQ