There is a widespread belief within the United States that science and religion are incompatible disciplines.  The point is not merely that these disciplines study different objects or that they employ different methodologies. But when people say that religion and science are incompatible, this is not what they mean. They mean, instead, that religion and science speak to the same objects and reach incompatible conclusions. For example, some people think that science has shown definitively that God does not exist, something that would be quite contrary to the conclusions of religion.