As they are currently practiced, there is no common ground between science and religion... Although just as in hostage negotiations, it's probably best to keep both sides talking to each other.
Neil deGrasse TysonNo one is saying you're possessed by the devil anymore except the most ignorant of people in modern culture.
Neil deGrasse TysonNo doubt, the most challenging class of questions in science is the origin of things.
Neil deGrasse TysonIt makes good sense to revere the sun and the stars ... because we are their children
Neil deGrasse TysonThere's no shortage of people that we can put on, because science touches us all.
Neil deGrasse TysonIt's quite literally true that we are star dust, in the highest exalted way one can use that phrase. ...I bask in the majesty of the cosmos. I use words, compose sentences that sound like the sentences I hear out of people that had revelation of Jesus, who go on their pilgrimages to Mecca.
Neil deGrasse Tyson