Yes, in that they are both the results of the human need to make sense of the world around us and to unravel life’s great mysteries.
But that’s where the similarity ends; religion is based on beliefs for which there is no empirical evidence, where science is based entirely on such evidence.
I’m reminded of what I advised one of my nephews when he was writing a paper in college on “faith and reason”: You can’t have your metaphysical cake and eat it too. Your beliefs are either rooted in evidence, or they’re not.
