Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.

Mysteries once thought to be supernatural or paranormal happenings - such as astronomical or meteorological events - are incorporated into science once their causes are understood.

The reason is that in a group, individual errors on either side of the true figure cancel each other out.

People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals.

We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of life's pilgrimage.

Dualists hold that body and soul are separate entities and that the soul will continue beyond the existence of the physical body.

How can we find spiritual meaning in a scientific worldview? Spirituality is a way of being in the world, a sense of one’s place in the cosmos, a relationship to that which extends beyond oneself. . . . Does scientific explanation of the world diminish its spiritual beauty? I think not. Science and spirituality are complementary, not conflicting; additive, not detractive. Anything that generates a sense of awe may be a source of spirituality. Science does this in spades. (158-159)