Religion and Science: Either Believe or Discover

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Throughout history, religion has remained the main source of conflict amongst humans to prove their sanctity and authority. Religion always works on the faith of the people and science always works on the curiosity and interest of the people. Society has always fought for misconceptions on different religions according to their belief and grasp what they perceive from their experiences about the knowledge of the universe.

The human race is known for their sensibility about the matter of the subject. And they made efforts in order to make life much better than before. Whatever they learn from their social religious practices, epics, myths, they follow in their life as per their terms and conditions according to their capability. Our religion gives us a sense of security on the basis of doing righteous things in life, which is used to distinguish the good and evil, philanthropy and sin.

Religions have some protocol to follow, which makes the people’s community to go on a common path. It inculcates the discipline and order in humans to stay with virtues. It has sentimental and emotional connections to build in society and individual people, which creates either security or fear on the name of almighty the super power, which we believe to be our supervisor.  

Religion provides us faith to live with much more positivity and liberation to live with the hidden power of the universe.  The fear of death is also conquerable on the basis of religious belief.  The different religions talk about various ways cultures, customs and rituals to follow as per human tendencies, their needs and well being. All the religions have different mythological stories which teach us about human virtues and vices. The rules we follow of our religion provide us, a sense of being in accordance with the society we live in. The social system was created among humans to control their encroachment, disturbance and intrusion in other parts of nature. For example , serving other creatures can be the reason to protect everyone on this earth. 

By this kind of practice, religion surely helps us to maintain and organize ourselves among all creatures and nature. Religion helps us to explore and discover our hidden and unknown world with the spiritual powers, which we feel but cannot realize in the physical world. It makes us strong and secures from inside for the future prospects. Because it gives us a sense of protection from the destruction and annihilation.

However, as per the dark side of everything, religion makes the people more conservative and dogmatic, if they don’t have ability to stay with the truth and reality. And also some cunning and sly people play in the name of religion for their own selfishness and advantages by exploiting others on the basis of their faith and ignorance. 

Religion has the power to bring together lots of people in a community to pursue a single goal and also Religion has the base of human heart, mind and soul connecting with their own-self teaching the welfare of all the people. 

All the religions emerged as the necessity to civilize people, no matter whatever their mental ability. People can follow the rules and understand the laws of nature. We can align with the universe by taking the help of religion by adopting some spiritual and religious practices, whether we use our wisdom or not.

On the other side, Science completely works on the human intelligence finding facts and figures associated with the events. It looks for the logic behind different occurrences. It needs research to find the cause and effect of the happenings, The observation and analysis of the events before believing them makes the basis of science. Science can tell about the functioning of the matter but can not lead people to follow the right path. Science can also be used for wrong purposes. As we all know science and technology has been used to even destroy the entire world by making very high tech weapons. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing were the worst example.

Science has no sense of right and wrong; it only tells about the use of it according to human mind. It can make you reach the moon and mars. But it never can provoke your emotion and sentiment attached to other beings.It can make you heartless and mechanical towards other lives. Science teaches us to first discover, operate and then believe. Because it is only a matter of the physical or tangible world. 

Science has usability to make this world a comfort place to stay in favourable conditions with the use of the latest technical equipment. Science is a medium to help us in performing every task easily and efficiently. In today’s world we are already dwell in the use of technology everywhere in life. Where we cannot imagine even our life without it. Science seeks out a reason to happen anything.

But science also has its dark side which we are seeing today how much mechanical we all have  become. No doubt everything with which we are living today, whether its electricity, computers to aeroplanes has a great impact on our thinking pattern and lifestyle. But it can not rule our  heart, mind and soul. Because it tests our intelligence everywhere but can not make it place in human hearts to bring together people. However, it is making us more solo and individualistic to stay in boundaries of the self-comfort zone.

Religion and science have a very fair connection. If we look into all the religious practices done  by people, we will find the scientific reasons behind them to come into practice because of their positive impacts on our surroundings. We are still not able to determine what came first, Religion or Science. Because human knowledge is still not perfect to know the science and religion from their depth completely.

There are still lots of mysteries hidden in the universe, which science could not discover yet. We have found lots of information about the outer world, but our inner world is still empty which makes us vulnerable to unknown troubles. We do not know our existence before birth and after death. Until we live in our senses, we conceptualise many factors but when we lose our senses we are left with nothing. 

In conclusion, science and religion are both needed to improve human life for a better future. Religion teaches us a lesson of humanity, and science teaches us to go forward with more practical approaches. They both are right at their own place only we should distinguish them. It will reveal the secrets of connections between science and religion and tell us how to deal with them.