Religion has nothing to do with science - and vice versa

Guardian : In an opinion piece, the molecular biologist and evolutionary geneticist Francisco Ayala argues that science and religion are not incompatible. The core of his argument is the contention that

Both—scientists denying religion and believers rejecting science—are wrong. Science and religious beliefs need not be in contradiction. If they are properly understood, they cannot be in contradiction because science and religion concern different matters.

Ayala is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the winner of this year’s Templeton Prize .