Arthur C. ClarkeScience can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the nonexistence of Zeus or Thor, but they have few followers now.
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This quote is attributed to Carl Sagan. It means that science should not be used to attack religion but should instead be used as a tool to explore and understand the world around us. Religion is not going anywhere and we cannot just ignore it because we want to keep it out of our way. We must use the power of science and reason to find new ways to understand the world around us and better understand what we know about the universe.
Source: Childhoods End
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