Science, Upside Down

I spotted this sticker on the subway recently, and I’m still not entirely sure what its intended message was. At first, I assumed it was a secularist attack on Christianity—a claim that science had somehow displaced Faith. Later, I wondered whether it was actually meant as a Christian critique of the modern tendency to treat science as a substitute for religion. 

Either way, it reflects a common misunderstanding. Historically, Catholicism has never regarded science as an enemy. Properly understood, scientific inquiry and divine revelation cannot ultimately contradict one another, because both seek truth. The real conflict is not between faith and science, but between faith and scientism—the belief that science alone can explain all of reality.