Science and Religion have a symbiotic relationship when we view knowledge of god as a common goal.
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Religious Truth
Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam all have one thing in common. They all believe in Truth.
Throughout history and across cultures, Religion has been an opportunity for personal growth, community and the pursuit of knowledge. Though the overt intention is to know the Truth about God and practice God's will.
Though the Truth about God is vastly different in 1000's of dramatically different religions who share the same God, individual religions insist that their Truth is truer.
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Scientific Truth
Science believes that we move closer to truth by
the extent to which a specific idea can be demonstrated by a repeatable experiment.
Hypothesis has the lowest level of truth, because a hypothesis is an idea that has not or can not be demonstrated by a repeatable experiment.
Much of what we know or believe about the world is not demonstrated by repeatable experiments. There is no experiment to demonstrate that a sunset is beautiful or that a persons life is meaningful.
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Philosophy is the love of knowledge.
 Knowledge is the personal experience of truth. Whether the truth comes from faith, experimentation, logic or some combination of factors, the love of knowledge is the pursuit of truth beyond the limitations of both science and religion.
Philosophy is the Future.
To worship god ponder, speculate, theorize, consider the nature of light, the meaning of a poem, the mechanics of economies, or the propulsion of a vehicle.
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