Religion and science becomes at odds if religion makes falsifiable claims about the natural world which is contradicted by scientific evidence. Many religions d

Religion and science becomes at odds if religion makes falsifiable claims about the natural world which is contradicted by scientific evidence. Many religions does that. Liberal theology tries to explain such claims away as metaphorical. The counter-reaction against liberal theology is fundamentalism. There are a lot of religions which doesn't have the idea of a single God or Godhead. The concept of "underlying energy" sounds like New Age mythology - which is fine, but New Age is not every religion.