Interesting food for thought. You have categorized concepts differenting than I would, lumping science and philosophy together, while religion opposes both.

What makes a bit more sense to me is that philosophy occupies a space between science and religion. It is where musings on existance can lead to notions of what to do with our existance and how to think about it. Philosophy is not, by itself, science, however. In many cases, religion and philosophy both concern themselves with values and a sense of purpose. Religion merely imposes upon those values propositions a fabricated stamp of cosmic authority, trying to overcome any sense of uncertainty. And of course it uses rituals, traditions, and doctrinal tenets to be taken on "faith," and it reinforces it all with community pressure.

Many, including myself, look at Buddhism as both philosophy and religion, just depending on how it is pursued.

Science has many times been motivated to seek answers to questions posed by philosophy. ...much as religion, but in a fundamentally different approach.

I met a man a long time ago who told me that he was diagnosed with leukemia, and then he met God, and God helped him to fight and recover from the disease. Of course, most people, probably including the man himself (because he sounded intelligent and not like a religious freak), know that it was advanced medical treatments that saved him. He wasn't denying science. If relying on God helped him pull through the desperate situation, so be it, I thought. So, I didn't dispute. As long as religious beliefs are kept private at the individuals level and not used for political manipulation, etc. (which religious authorities tend to do), I don't treat religious folks with contempt or ridicule.
When I read your post I thought of this man who became Christian because of his desperate situation and who also acknowledges the advancement of science, and his case somehow opposes to your statement "religion by its nature opposed to science". There are many scientists who are also religious, are there not? I wonder how they connect religion and science; two conflicting worlds, in their heads.

…after he has destroyed all rulers, powers, and authority…

I concur heartily- religion filled gaps and aswaged human fears of the "unknown".
The unquestioned abuse of power( as they dominated writing & recording of history) that
has insued was and IS a burden on humanity.
Thanks

I see the creation of Gods as the personification of the unexplained and in appealing to these Gods (prayer is one form, sacrifices another) a way of attempting to control the uncontrolable aspscts of life. Once created, they become a part of culture and tradition and the fear of offending these Gods risks having to lose the feeling of order and control over the uncontrollable.

Thank you sharing that historical perspective.

I am no position to comment on the philosophy thread in your post.

My own perspective is that it was Sir Isaac Newton that really got the scientific revolution going with his Laws of Motion and their predictive power to explain the positions of the planets, out of which grew the Scientific Method. The success of that method is countered by religious people with their "God moves in mysterious ways" which they use as a cover for the lack of predictive power of religion.

The abandonment of a lifelong belief in the Abrahamic god can come at immense personal cost which explains why such people cling to their religion despite the complete lack of falsifiable evidence to support their godly claims.

The greatest anomaly of all is "Religious Philosophy".

One of my favorite thoughts came years ago from a blogger named Greta Christina. As I've said before on Agnostic, please excuse the specific wording because I'm paraphrasing from memory.

Over the years we've had many supernatural explanations for various events -- the sun was Apollo carrying a lamp across the sky with his chariot, thunder was dwarves bowling in the mountains, whatever. But as we got better looks at things we've realized that there were secular explanations for the things. We now know that thunder and the sun aren't associated with beings, they're natural parts of our real world.

But how many times has it gone the other way? We used to think there was a secular explanation for something but now we know it's caused by that god over there, or the spell I cast, or the rabbit's foot in my pocket or something else supernatural? Exactly ZERO.

We've never found any verifiable evidence for the supernatural.