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Yeah I've heard that before, it's just rare to see these days for someone in his field. This specific topic can turn into a massive debate as it always has been, so I'd like to respectfully avoid that.

All I'm saying is, he must have some super strong convictions.

Religon and science aren’t necessarily incompatible.

The big bang theory was first posited by a Catholic priest called Georges Lemaître

He also doesn’t necessarily need to believe in any higher power. You can still practice your religion and practice the traditions of your religion and take the parts that feel good or make good in your eyes and still practice science.

You can also believe in higher power but just don't consider or think about whats contradictory.

I'm European (nonreligious) but my observation is that religion is practiced very differently in the US. They are way more religious than most European countries (their least religious state are about as religious as our most religious countries IIRC), and they practice a very preachy form of religion to boot as there is seemingly little to no taboo on evangelizing. And yes they have a large proportion of fundamentalists/radical "christians" whose antiquated beliefs (like creationism, to pick a "harmless" one) were already rejected by the Catholic Church and therefore European societies at large in the '60s.

So this leads to a climate where on one side religious people are more open, and often weirder/pushier, about it. And on the other side American atheists tend to be more aggressively antireligious because of the more oppressive environment they grew up in.