On Science versus Religion

For clarification, this similar plane of development which I
refer to is a "search for the 'truth.'"

I disagree that we should separate the two. I base this primarily on the grounds that science and religion were a co-creation - each early constructs of man which have developed separately, yet were constructed on extremely similar planes. The issue with science for me lies in that individuals cannot, will not or do not recognize the fact that it is a man made construction. Instead, the scientist or atheist (or it even could be argued that the average American) usually dismisses religion on the grounds that "only the empirical is the true (and subsequently, the real)." The issue with the said statement, though, is that the very statement has no empirical basis and thus should be considered invalid based simply on contradiction. I believe that religion and science can live in union but this very possible union depends upon the capabilities of man to recognize each as a (similar) social construct. Unfortunately, in today's society, the spiritual and metaphysical, despite originating from a similar plane as the physical, exist as completely separate from the physical. Their coexistence depends upon man's interpretation of each, and what the "truth" actually means.