Alchemy

" What is the alternatvie to religion as we know it? As it turns out, this the wrong question to ask. Chemistry was not an "alternative" to alchemy; it was a wholesale exchange of ignorance at its most rococo for genuine knowledge. We will find that, as with alchemy, to speak of "alternatives" to religious faith is to miss the point"- Sam Harris, The End of Faith, Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

You control the conversation by asking the right question. Science doesn't get rid of a theory even if it sucks. Look at phlogiston. How do we ask the right question....