Science is morally neutral, but social science shows us that some moral codes are better than others.

From a historical viewpoint, religion is just a kind of superstition, and from a political viewpoint it is a tool of social control.

One should believe only what can be chosen to be true or just. Irrational (or unjustified) beliefs should be avoided because they can have disastrous practical consequences.

There is a continuum between science and philosophy. As Fichte said (but did not practice), philosophy should be the science of sciences.

Whereas science elicits changes in order to know, technology knows in order to elicit changes.

Some of the big philosophical problems have been solved by science, at least to a 1st approximation. Examples: the problems of matter, and mind. Only philosophical reactionaries, like Noam Chomsky, claim that they are and will remain mysteries.

A democratic state will protect the freedom to hold any beliefs other than those that harm others, such as racism. In particular, it will see to it that no one is harmed just because of her beliefs.