It's simple: both disciplines seek to explain the world around us.

Religion uses faith for its followers to use as a guiding light.

Science uses the scientific method. Which in a nutshell is this:
A scientist makes a hypothesis concerning one aspect of the world around him.
He tests this hypothesis, this theory, with a series of experiments to prove or disprove his point.
His results are reviewed by fellow scientists and if found to have merit, are published.

It's as simple as that. And if a new theory upsets the sacrosant apple cart that other scientists hold near and dear to their hearts, well, that's the way it goes. The Catholic Church put Galileo thru hell for daring to expound the truth: that not all objects orbited the Earth. Einstein put physics on its head by demonstrating the existence of the space-time continuum which therefore made classical Newtonian physics a subset of Einsteinian physics.

The point being made here is that science is self-correcting. Scientists attempt to formulate theories to explain the world around us. Those theories serve as foundation for other theories to rest upon. If an experiment violates a theory's postulates, then it's back to the drawing board for the reason why.

Notice that there is nothing within Science denying the existence of God. He could be there and be quite amused by the ruckus on this planet. (I would like to think so anyway.) It's just that I'm tired of hearing how science seeks to displace religion. Such is not the case. Science seeks only the truth of matters around us. If a religion cannot stand the truth being told, then it must not be much of a religion.

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