Putting it another way, science really
can't disprove the basic tenets of religion, or at least the world's major religions, because such attempts would lie completely outside the purview of science. The basic scientific method is founded on proposing hypotheses to explain natural phenomena and then creating experiments to test said hypotheses. When dealing with concepts such as the human soul, the existence of an afterlife, or nature of God himself, there are no observations to be made, no experiments to design. Even just limiting things to the age-old question, "Does God exist?", you're talking about a being that, at least by Judeo-Christian tradition, exists and operates outside the bounds of space-time itself. We as limited beings within the framework of our own universe have no frame of reference to observe that which exists outside of said universe, so it all comes down to a matter of faith. As a religious person, all of this is why it frustrates me to no end when those of a fundamentalist persuasion try to erect artificial barriers between religious faith and scientific study; not only does it exhibit an extreme ignorance of the scientific method, but it also demonstrates a lack of comprehension of the tenets of one's own faith.
(Or in other words, science trying to prove or disprove religion is a hell of a lot like science trying to prove or disprove
string theory.
)
