From religion comes the idea of solemnly devoting oneself to adherence to principles from God even to the extent that you suffer the setting aside of your own tendencies by which you would otherwise live. Science tends to try to get you to devote yourself to science. Religion is the devotion to God instead. Religion is self denial. Science tries to get you to spoil yourself and indulge in benefits science offers. Religion says only on God's terms. Religion says you have to be willing to set aside time you would otherwise perhaps devote to science and devote it to God instead. But belief is not quite the same because it is about adherence to truth. Not just to duty. To be an adherent to truth means to let truth change you. Religious truth and adherence to it is denial of human testimony in favour of the greater more truthful testimony of God which makes a person good. Religion does not necessarily make a person good. Truth from God shows up science for what it is and this improves us. Without Christ's testimony, science would lead away from truth more and more as lie supports lie and nobody who decries the lies is believed. Christ's testimony made truth accessible and shone a light on the sorcery side of science but still that side has persisted and today we need to re-examine the truth Jesus Christ brought into the world before we destroy the world with technology.
