Historically it‘s exactly that incompatibility of both concepts that created a tension from which certain progress has been born. It‘s fundamental to our evolution as societies. It‘s only times when extremism takes over that either becomes destructive. And it doesn‘t really matter on which side you look - Religion only has a longer record of precedent.

Much of the hatred we saw throught the 19th and 20th centuries though was based on a fundamentally materialist framework. Nazis really thought they were up to something, they could scientifically prove their point and offer the „pragmatic“ solution. To themselves they were utilitarian. Racist ideology does the same. In hindsight it‘s all a big fuss - a net of false assumptions, flawed methodology and manifestation of biases. For the people living during the time it was science.

You see, my point is: It‘s not so much about religion or science, it‘s about trying to control narratives - to utilize them, to weaponize them against deviants. Science has learnt from that - at least a big part of it - even some religious institutions learnt from it. But that doesn‘t stop people from doing what they feel is their nature.