If we united religion, science and philosophy, what would it offer us? If we united religion, science and philosophy, what would it offer us? What would if offer us as a speciess? It may provide us with a means of coming to a consensus regarding what it is we believe we are and why it is we believe we exist. It was Carl Sagan who best expressed it when he said: "We are privileged to influence and perhaps control our future. I believe we have an obligation to fight for others, who came before us, and to whom we are all beholden and for all those who, if we are wise enough, will come after....