"Religious belief needs to be rational. It needs to acknowledge the scientific 'truths'."

I disagree with this statement, but everything else you say hits the nail on the head.

They are completely different (ways of viewing 'reality'), but that does not mean they are mutually exclusive. Just as we can think in terms of Newtonian or Einsteinian perspectives (neither of which is 'right'), our brains can also comprehend reality in different modes (sci. or relig.).

A GOOD example is this dilemma, "Evidence for God."

Evidence is a scientific concept (or tool) and is materialistic in nature.

God is not materialistic, but transendent in nature.

ooops, guess I shoulda said ...transends nature.

~~SA

Pyrolysis creates reduced carbon! ...Time for the next step in our evolutionary symbiosis with fire.