I love your reasonableness. I have in fact argued this matter on many occasions and here is my conclusion. God and science are actually inseparable! You may wonder why?
I am religious, and I studied the Bible. I can say for a fact that the essence of being religious is having faith, which scientist may term as blind. However it is termed, it is my faith!
One instance to support the relationship between science and God is this:
We believe that the Bible was written under certain inspiration and that the people who wrote the Bible could intact sometimes not understand what it is they were writing, a case was Daniel (Dan 12:8)
At a time, scientists believe that the earth was flat and was supported by 2 giant elephants 🐘 supported by a turtle 🐢 (how ridiculous you may think) but a Bible writer, some thousands of years ago, recorded that this our earth is round and another one said it was supported by nothing! (Job 26:7; Isaiah 40:22)
The obvious question is how did this science primitive men come to know of this fact when it was just until 6th century BC before science could affirm those fact?
Could it be because they were told by someone who knew about this things? The answer is obvious.
I would also say you should read Job chap 38. There were some unanswered questions that God put to Job, and humans still can't answer.
For instance, who established laws that guide the universe? Like gravitational law, Isaac Newton? Definitely not!
Conclusion.
Belief in a supreme being, God is not OK. And it doesnt stop humans from making researches. It should only motivate us to give credit to the one who is the Supreme scientist.
Thanks a lot for airing your view. Needless to say, you are also in agreement that one doesn't serve to usurp the other. However, in your conclusion, "Belief in a Supreme being is not OK...." seems to me like there's a mistake there.
What do u think the mistake is?
It's definitely okay to have belief in a Supreme being. Or don't you think so?