We need a new vision of God, but that vision can only be found by pursuing the conflict between religion and science to the uttermost. The result will be a new perspective on what religion is, and what science is. We can then pursue a vision of God which is a vision, and not an image or an idol. Science has undermined religion because the contrast between scientific knowledge and religious belief has discredited religion as a way of understanding. In the past 2000 years religion has remained rooted in the same conflicting doctrines and teachings.
Science is universal.
The same understanding of atomic structure operates in Tokyo, Teheran and Toronto. In contrast religion is locally rooted. Ultimate authority in religion is based on some ancient writings deemed to be a revelation from God, or the words of some great teacher, or the opinions of some person deemed to be a guru or God's vice-regent on Earth, or to have some other position which raises them beyond question. There is no supreme authority in science. Science is an open self-critical system in which all theories and paradigms are subject to review.