Compatibility of Intellectualism, Science, and Religion

Many intellectuals or scientists figure neither of intellectualism nor scientific thought are compatible with religion. Within context of hypothesized incompatibility, intellectualism and science stand for reason, reasoning, or evidence. Religion, it stands for superstition. In presence of hypothesized incompatibility, religiosity belies belief in the superstitious, cannot simultaneously be combined with depth and breadth of intellectual or scientific thought.

In Mathematics, in presence of one extremely significant contradiction, a principle cannot be stated to be a general principle. Suppose for instance that a person asserts “all American Presidents are war hawks.” In presence of a recent President, Jimmy Carter (currently the oldest living ex President of the USA), who clearly and unambiguously was not a war hawk, we are able to conclude that the assertion, “all American Presidents are war hawks” cannot be held to be a general principle.

If we apply outlined general principle, in presence of persons such as Isaac Newton, Marie Curie, Robert Boyle, Francis Bacon, the Frenchman Meric Casaubon, etc., it is factual that historically, religiosity has been combined with depth of intellectualism, and orientation towards reason, reasoning, and assertions that either are reasoned, or are rooted in evidence. In presence of the…