The old discussion of what to believe.
For the sake of this topic, this not about deciding which one is "better", but more along the lines of which one can provide more answers.
Yes, that immediately favors one side since they won't require evidence to justify their arguments.
But let's try to answer the following instead:
Can someone be religious and scientific?
Should these two merge to become something new?
What if we did learn one day that there is a God that made everything - would that destroy science?
What if it was proven that there was no God that existed? How would religion change? (if at all?)
"The old discussion of what to believe."
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This is a bad idea
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"For the sake of this topic, this not about deciding which one is "better", but more along the lines of which one can provide more answers."
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Well science. If you take any question, science can usually give you an answer, and depending on the question those answers will vary. You will have multiple different answers.
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If you take any question, religion can ALWAYS give you an answer, but no matter what the question, its the same answer "god did it".
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Multiple answers vs a single answer. therefore science gives more.
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"Can someone be religious and scientific?"
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yes. Many Many people are.
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"Should these two merge to become something new?"
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No. no they should not.
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"What if we did learn one day that there is a God that made everything - would that destroy science?"
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No, because science isnt some kind of belief system that can be torn down. It is a method. A method you use to determine the truth of the universe. If one day we learn that there is a god, and there is evidence to support it that can be repeatedly tested, then GOD BECOMES SCIENCE. That is science greatest strength. It changes and grows to accommodate new evidence.
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"What if it was proven that there was no God that existed? How would religion change? (if at all?)"
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It may causes there to be a fewer number of believers, but there will always be some that hold out. And i assume that aggression in the religious population would die down. Religions only stray into violence when they believe they are in the majority.