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Originally posted by Erax:
For the second part, that's the very reason why Christianity has taken such a beating in Western society. Their 'hows' have consistently been proven wrong, starting with Copernicus. They should drop them altogether and stick to the 'whys'. The Catholic Church, incidentally, tends to evade certain scientific questions with religious implications. For example, "Will sentient aliens have souls like we do ?" "Um, let's wait until we know if there are sentient aliens first." The anti-evolutionists, on the other hand, are just setting themselves up for a fall.

Once you go down this route, why choose religions at all? Personally I'd advise people to study history, philosophy and be well read generally, to travel and visit different cultures if possible, and sample as much of the fine arts as you can.