Religion vs. Science: Debates and conflicts have been going on for centuries. For both religious and scientific ideals, the faith that people have guides them. In this article, I will examine the story of "The Eye of Apollo" by GK Chesterton and the episode "House vs. God" by House, MD, to question this conflict. The main character, Father Brown, in “The Eye of Apollo” combines his reasoning with his religious ideals and beliefs, or we can say that his faith in God leads him to the truth of the crime. However, if we try to take a deeper look at both the rational and religious sides of Father Brown, his perspectives on immortality and justice are similar to those of Dr. House, who interprets his rationality based on science. Therefore, both beliefs and faith in religion and science in some way reflect people's faith and way of thinking, and the two different ideals are not necessarily in conflict with each other. In The Eye of Apollo, Father Brown solves the mystery of Pauline Stacey's death. Father Brown is a Catholic priest and servant and a detective. The story begins with the debut of a new religion of Apollo and Apollo's new priest, Kalon. The new religion claims that it “can cure all physical diseases.” Pauline Stacey was blind, an heir to great wealth and power, and a believer in the new religion. When Father Brown and Flambeau were in the building, tragedy occurred: Pauline Stacey fell on the elevator and died. After a brief investigation and observation in the nuns' office, Father Brown begins to question Kalon with doubts. But Kalon gives a long speech in defense of his religion and his innocence of the murder. He believes that Miss Stacey died because of her belief in the new religion, which is not strong eno... middle of paper ......rationalism and makes Boyd blind to the truth. So both the story and the Chesterton episode emphasize the “true” faith that people have, regardless of what the basis of their particular faith is. Likewise, when considering the way of thinking in both stories, both Father Brown and Dr. House can be considered reasoners who have doubts or distrusts and continue to be skeptical of anything that is contradictory to their own beliefs. Works CitedBurns, Timothy. “Father Brown's Rationalism”. Perspectives on Political Science 34.1 (2005): 37-46. Print.Iannaccone Laurence R., Rodney Stark and Roger Finke. “Religion, science and rationality”. The American Economic Review 86.2 (1995): 433-37. Print.Sappinton, AA “The religion/science conflict”. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 30.1 (1991): 114-20. Press.