A lesson from bird-dropping moths. The public controversy about teaching evolution simmers along because of profound misunderstandings about both science and religion. Thus it is possible to be both a scientist and a religious person.
Religious belief is based wholly upon faith and proof comes from revelation or religious authority.
Observation, experimentation, i.e., investigation of the natural world. Anyone with sufficient training and education. Absolute within the context of each religion. Truths based upon religious authority have no place in science because they are not subject to any scientific proof. Many examples exist of mixing of these two endeavors.