God Or Science? A Belief In One Weakens Positive Feelings For The Other

After using science or God to explain such important questions, most people display a preference for one and a neutral or even negative attitude toward the other.

"It seemed to me that both science and religion as systems were very good at explaining a lot, accounting for a lot of the information that we have in our environment,"

at some point they have to conflict with each another because they can't possibly both explain everything

they were being subliminally primed immediately before each word

A 15-millisecond visual cue is too brief to register in the conscious mind, but the brief word flash did have an effect.

"On the other hand, people may have a generally positive view of science until it fails to explain the important questions. Then belief in God may be boosted to fill in the gap," she said.

A person's unconscious attitudes toward science and God may be fundamentally opposed

those views can be manipulated