One of my earliest cherished movies was "How Green was my Valley". I am a mongrel with 1/8th Welsh. Where does the Spirit that enabled the miners ( who were the slaves of the Danes, the Romans, and the British ) come from?
I submit that most Struggles for Human Liberation https://twitter.com/Lady_Bexy/status/1228972933143355393

began with a Poetic, Spiritual Awakening in the Soul of the Mystic, the Musician, the Scribe, or the Sage.
Did you have the experience of learning about "Animals Without Backbones" from the distinguished Biologist, Dr. Buchsbaum I did - probably before you were born.
So what

again, so what can Science say intelligently about genuine Religion Very little if anything.
The two Pursuits use vastly different means of pursuing the Truth.
But both Activities help to Civilize & Improve the Lives of all Lives - Human and Nonhuman.
So if this Thread makes

you want to " throw down" I say Bring it on Sister
Did you watch the funeral of John Lewis last week?
Did you see the Remarkable testimony of the Right Reverend Lawson
The Wondrous Beauty of the hymn Cwm Rhondda did not happen by Accident.
True Religion Improves our Species!