Furthermore, both science and religion in varying ways and degrees seek for truth. Attempting to separate science and religion can be a convenient way to avoid the truth challenge, but it does not bring us to truth. In the context of the Bible we must acknowledge that the truth that is sought for is manifest in both God's word and God's creation. Each should bring us to the same truth. In the context of science, truth should be consistent with the data of nature, as well as other aspects of reality, including such abstruse components as humanity's spiritual dimension.
Reality is too complex to be isolated into the simple components of faith and reason.
We cannot neatly turn off one or the other. There is a further reason why we should not turn our minds off when we enter a church. An impressive body of scientific information has been found that supports the biblical model of origins better than science's evolutionary model. Since there are hundreds of thousands of scientists interpreting nature in a model that excludes the Bible, and only a small number who include it, the number and the strength of the scientific findings that fit better with the Bible is rather remarkable. I would venture that we would have a very different intellectual climate of opinion regarding origins.