> What religious lies would you be talking about?
Put a devout Christian and a devout Muslim in the same room. One will tell you that Jesus was the divien son of God. The other will tell you that Jesus was just a guy. These two beliefs are contradictory and one (or both) *must* be wrong.
Another: A Baptist and a Mormon. One will tell you that Jesus ascended into Heaven after 3 days dead (and after having a brief chat witha few of his associates) and will not bodily return until Judgement Day. The other will tell you that after being dead three days and then chatting with associates, he then went aroudn the world and talked to mesoAmericans. Again, these two beliefs cannot both be true.
A Christian and a Hindu: One says you get one shot *only*, that's it; the other says you re-incarnate a bajillion times. One or both must be wrong.
Regarding religious "lies" - one day each of us will know the truth. And I guess we'll know the scientific truth also.
"One or both must be wrong."
Yep. Now, here's the science side: get a strict selectionist, a strict non-selectionist, and a heterochronist in the same room trying to decide on the truth.
According to you, they would all be true.
Or, say, a Christian and an atheist?