What might be considered a real contribution of science to religious belief is the empirical demonstration that some of those beliefs are wrong. (Jerry Coyne)

What might be considered a real contribution of science to religious belief is the empirical demonstration that some of those beliefs are wrong.

Jerry Coyne

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