Science & God/s & Magic?

Thanks again to everyone who has responded.

I agree that Christianity is a very occult religion as I have seen evidence of this in my research and experience. The main reason for my doubt in Christianity does not come from the idea that many times magic is viewed in a negative light. Instead, for me, it is about evidence, facts, and research. It is easy for me to believe in science because I can see and understand the systems created by it. In terms of religion this proves more difficult (at least for me). With respect to science and witchcraft or magic I can see parallels between the two - especially in something like herbalism. I find it difficult to wrap my brain around religion's place in magic. I bring this up because there seems to be many spells and the like that are deity or god/dess based. This seems strange to me. Calling on forces of nature on the other hand I can understand because doing this during a spell or ritual seems to be linked much more heavily to science. I want to note that I am not looking to worship science or nature, but to respect them and work with them in a cooperative manner.


Nimiraj:

Thanks, I now understand what you meant by your dinosaur analogy and I have never thought science was trying to disprove any kind of religion although I'm sure there are people out there who try to use it for such a reason. Personally I think science is just trying to add explanation by doing research and finding theories which help us to better understand our world.

Kebs:
Thank you for your feedback and recommendation!