I don't think they're mutually exclusive, people just argue that they are. I think it's personal anyway, but like you said, there's just no respect for opinions and beliefs. If you don't believe in God, some of the people you know are appalled and try to "save" you. If you do believe, people judge you and don't understand how you can believe in science and God at the same time. I say, believe what you believe and think what you want to think. Whatever it is, there will always be people that believe and think the opposite, but that's just the way it is *shrugs*. We have to learn to make peace with this even though everything would be much simpler if it wasn't so.