What I was trying to say was not that "ALL explanations of the world around us, on some level, are inherently the same because they are simply stories that we tell ourselves to make sense of our surroundings?", though I understand where that might have been implied. Rather, I meant that this "search for truth" was a common base for both science and religion at their origins. The seeming point of religion, to me, is to search out the truth (which, in the case of religion, is God who equals universe). The seeming point of science, to me, is to search out the truth (which, in the case of religion, is "fact/findings" through experimentation, which equal universe). I would agree with you in that we are trying to make sense of our surroundings through these constructs, but in this attempt we have a divergence of motive and ends (in science and religion). This divergence has become seemingly impossible to permeate in the modern culture of today, which seems to tend towards extremes rather than the acceptance of multiple views or theories (the idea of an absolute truth being manifested in one and ONLY one of these systems).
I (personally) see each as a jettison to the "truth" of the universe. I believe they can coexist without constantly contradicting each other. The issue exists, though, in that some people do not recognize this similarity of motive in each system (and, in addition, an eventual similar ends if such a universal truth exists). Rather than seeing this quest for truth, they see only the means of science and the means of religion expressed whilst attempting to reach this "end" of truth.
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