Angels And Demons !!!

“God knows what the world will think” So wrote Charles Darwin as he thought about the impact of his “Origin Of Species”. In one respect it did not matter because his goal had been to convince naturalists that there was an alternative to separate creation, completely different as one depicted in The Genesis and other religious scriptures worldwide. But in other respects it mattered profoundly because, as he once put it, to admit the mutability of species was like confessing a murder. It also mattered because his own wife was a member of that public whose religious sensibilities might be deeply wounded. So a question arises ?
How should scientists respond to religious believers whose concerns may be very different from their own, even to the point of constituting a threat? Whether they ignore them, engage them, or seek to transcend them with an alternative spirituality, are there no easy answers ?

Is it not possible that in our search for some basic reality, we humans may discover that although religion and science have always seemed to be in different places, the conclusion they will ultimately reach will be the same thing

What is God?

What is Energy?

What is Spirit?

What is Universal Consciousness?

What is Singular?

What is Unilateral?



Someone has rightly said, “God is not different from the order that exists in the universe”.Aligning our thoughts along this line, we may doubt the commonly held view that Science and Religion are entirely different and exist at the opposite ends of a spectrum. But , Science is based on observation. Religion on the other hand makes arguments analytical in nature and requires some unquestioned faith. In spite of leading us through somewhat different paths, both try to find the basic stuff. The goal thus in both cases is to determine the constituents of what form the reality. The routes though may not seem similar.

Eastern religions like Hinduism and Buddhism believe that that the world is entrapped in terms of movement , flow and change and so does particle physics which describes the sub atomic world at the quantom level as a total chaos , where nothing (quarks , mesons and neutrinos) are ever at rest . Though vague , this exmple does settle in an analogy between the quests of science and religion .

The next question that comes is that what is the thing that we are after? What constitutes this reality that we all are in pursuit of? A scientist might call this as the order in the universe or the Energy, which is diffused in the world we live in. Religions like to call this ultimate reality as God. The order that the scientists describe implies a mind working behind it. This entity capable of setting an order in the universe is nothing but what religion defines as God. Science and Religion then appear to be tied up like two versions of the same notion. God, I feel, is the ultimate quest for which both these allegedly opposite views are after.

God’s physical form is not visible to us. But his existence could be argued using scientific and rational arguments based on the observation of what goes around us. For instance when we throw coins on a table, this coins apparently stop and arrange themselves on the table. What made the coins to arrange? Maybe it was by the virtue of Newton’s Laws. But then again this order as proposed by Science implies an order setter. Another example is found in the Nature and its mechanisms. This machine which we call Nature, implies an operator . In short He and His working are beyond our understanding. We might label his qualities with terms like wisdom, knowledge, mercy and power. Not only this, we do not have the faintest idea of His physical presence or form. We humans then are in no situation to understand this all-powerful entity who is full of mystery. In such a situation, we have no other choice but to accept this incomplete meaning of God and have faith in his ways, have faith in what the religion teaches. In short , the religion explains what mathematical equations and scientific theories fail to explain .

It is not difficult to understand that today is an era of science, the scientific growth is exponential . Man took more than two millennia to learn to fly and then in less than half a century he flew to outer space. Man’s intellect is growing far more than his morality. Today we measure scientific growth in weeks and gradually the religion is left behind and people find themselves in a spiritual void .

Today it seems , Science is the ultimate God. Who is the God who offers his people power but no moral framework to tell us how to use that power? What
kind of God gives a child fire but does not warn the child of its dangers?
The language of science comes with no signposts about good and bad.
Science textbooks tell us how to create a nuclear reaction, and yet they
contain no chapter asking us if it is a good or a bad idea. We clone living creatures, but it is the religion reminding us to consider the moral implications of
our actions. We encourage people to interact on cellular phones, video screens,
and computers, but it is the religion who opens its doors and reminds us to
commune in person as we were meant to do. We even murder unborn
babies in the name of research that will save lives. Again, it is the religion
who points out the fallacy of this reasoning. Science may have alleviated the miseries of disease and drudgery and provided an array of gadgetry for our entertainment and convenience, but it has left us in a world without wonder. Our sunsets and sunrises have been reduced to wavelengths and frequencies. The complexities of the universe have been shredded into mathematical equations. Universe apart, the concept of multiverse is in talk now, imagine parallel universe others then ours, "TOTAL CHAOS". Even our self-worth as human beings has been destroyed. Science proclaims that Planet Earth and its inhabitants are a meaningless speck in the grand scheme. "A COSMIC ACCIDENT" i say. The scientific community says that religion is ignorant toward the relentless march of human progress, but who is more ignorant, a person who cannot explain lightening or a person who does not respect it’s tremendous power. The power to annihilate in a zippy.

But world cannot exist without the progress of Science. Medicine, electronic communications, space travel, genetic manipulation. These are the miracles about which we now talk about. These are the miracles we herald as proof that science will bring us the answers. The ancient stories of immaculate conceptions, burning bushes, and parting seas are no longer relevant. God has become obsolete. It is because of Science that we now lead a longer life, it is because of science that now we can communicate with across seas, it is because of science that we can manipulate human genetic arrangement to produce an even better species. In near future, who knows we, the human race well might be surviving on some other planet.

So, what is flawed ? Science or Religion ? the answer is none . Religion is flawed because man is flawed, Science is flawed because man is flawed. Today the world we see, is in need of both Science and Religion. Our existence can not depend upon mathematical equations and theories postulated on basis of carefully collected data , nor can we survive without the advance on science and just on blind faith.

So, who wins the debate, who wins the war. Science or Religion ? scholars, scientists and priests throughout the period of time have debated on this topic, but the outcome, none. Today to some extent Science does reinforce Religion. According to Bible, God said “Let there be light” and the universe was created out of light. Today in laboratories we have proved the reverse, we have annihilated mass, opposing charges together to produce photons, the light particles, purest form of energies, reinforcing the Christian theory about “The Moment Of Creation”. Almost every religion teaches that it is the God who unites us all, and if someday in near future, the much famous Unified Field Theory, is approved then it will rationally and scientifically prove the existing of a universal force, a universal entity which relates and binds every other thing in this vast infinite world and beyond.

The naming for this debate to be " ANGELS AND DEMONS" goes way back 10 years ago, when Dan Brown wrote the book by the same name, the ultimate war between science and religion, that has been on, way before we realise. On a personal satisfaction, this piece of writing is by far the most intellectual and spiritual on my part.

So, what do we conclude ? Science and Religion are just two different languages saying the same statement, two different paths leading to the same final destination, two different modus operandi to achieve the final goal. And the world is in need of both.