Science Vs. Religion

In my neighborhood there rages a constant debate about the difference between science and religion. I find it is quite a useless one.

The seemingly contrary nature of science versus behavioral belief systems is an ineffective way of looking at the issue. Science and spirituality are two different systems of gaining knowledge. The process is different, but the ends sought are essentially the same.

The need to know how things work and the need to be affirmed of higher powers share the comfort it provides they who indulge this need. Yet while one is active, the second is often passive. Science provides a complexity behind the how, when and what of physical reality. 

God can sometimes provide a more ritualized way of re-creating what is basically a recurring theme. We recognize that there may be a god, but do we know the workings of an internal combustion engine?

The complexity is something most people, sadly, shy away from. Instead of embracing the science and spirituality of things (a unity of sorts), people prefer remaining stuck into a ‘science versus creation’ merry-go round. It is pointless. Science is a dynamic way of gaining insight that can explain much, and do much more. Religion remains a sanctuary, one that requires a deeply ‘internal’ and progressive spiritual fever. Lacking which, religion needs to be coupled with knowledge that may change the world.

Technology has had a phenomenal impact on how we view knowledge. In this, it is silently creeping in as an affirmation that science is indeed marvelous if used logically. It has the capacity to enrich regressive lives. Religion seems to be in a constant need to, somehow, create anger for all the wrong reasons. On the global space of culture, technology seems to be heading in two branches; one in harmony with spiritual needs, and one leaving countless ‘blank spaces’ among so many people. 

One branch is going to die out.