Yes I think to be good at either you need to have at least a lite understanding of the other for spiritualism and science where in ancient times the same and practiced only among the initiated now it is finnally free to the masses and the free knowledge scares them...but together a powerful weapon is in your arsenal

My father was a Southern Baptist minister and to his credit, wasn't form fitting in many regards. He believed in the sciences, observation, testing, etc. He explained most of the Bible in symbolistic and metaphorical ways, but he was a believer. Regarding science, he said it's just the way God operates.

The whole idea of God is that you have to believe, have blind faith. He seemed content with this view.

my friend's an astro physicist and he says in his office there are a few devout people plus reading chris Hadfield's book he shows a few astronauts, including some who've been in space, are devout