Science or Religion?

Haha. Recently, I have been thinking about this rather weird question. Science and Religion, which is more powerful? I don't know why I have been thinking about this question but I have been thinking about it anyway. :)

Well, personally, I am a more religion supportive person. But I tried very hard to look at this question from a very logical point of view, which is not very me.

Firstly, we need to understand that both science and religion have equal influence around the world on many people. Science existed as early as religion did in the history of mankind. Our ancestor both knew how to light a fire and pray to a fire god. Ever wondered why both of them stayed on so long? Not that we were able to prove that they are useful, but more of being unable to disprove both parties.

From my point of view, science is an endless pursuit to search for the ultimate truth that can never be found. It is a hunger and desire that is encripted in our human genetics, a thirst that cannot be quenched by any means. We long for answers and we come out with new questions.It is a never ending search that is disguised under the name of improvement and progress. The reason that science cannot be disproved is due mainly to the clearly defined boundaries set by humans themselves. Everything is restricted by the human domain that defines our own world. Yet, we claim to be moving away from our own world when we found something in our own world. We claim to know another world better by revolving in our own world. What we see and do are based only on our human senses. There is a restriction. You can't go any further. Thus, in the human world, science can never be disproved because it is a system that humans encrypted themselves.

This brings me to the next point. If science can only work within our own domain, we stand a chance of disproving it in another world right? And we can't disprove that there is the possiblity of another world because we are simply stucked within our own world! That is where religion comes in.

Religion is based largely on the assumption that there is more to what we have in our own scope of observation. Though it is an assumption, we cannot say it is wrong or right as we assumed it in the first place. Science itself is based on an assumption that the system and notations that humans come up with is correct, where there is a high possibility that is flawed as I mentioned earlier.

Religion is able to explain the existence of two worlds. Both what is happening in the human world and what is happening in the other world, which is commonly referred to as God's dimension. For example, Christianity is able to explain why there is so much conflict and sins in the human world. Buddhism is also able to explain the reason for human's unrest. Also, they are both able to give an explanation of what will happen after we die. We cannot disprove them as none of us can remember going through the process of life after death.(I said remember because some religion believe in reincarnation) Science is unable to do that. Science can only explain what we see and draw conclusions that works only in our dimension. Try asking science to explain the root of human sin. They might start by saying, "Oh, there is a particular part of your brain called the pituclasis(fake name, haha, I crapped it), that is responsible for human impulsive behaviour. Chemical X and Chemical Y react to form a highly carcinogenic product that stimulates the pituclasis gland and blah blah blah. Then I will continue to ask, why will they react? They will rattle on the chemical structure... Then I will ask, where did the proton and electron come from. They would probably rattle on into the realm of quantum physics. And I will finally ask two simple questions, where do all these start and how sure are you that they all started this way? They would probably lose their patience and say, " Believe me or not? I can't be bothered with that! You are just a wimp with no idea what you are talking about and you can never succeed because you lack the thirst for knowledge. You are just a free rider in this world..." He will probably take a knife and chop me too! Haha.. Now that is sin.

Religion gives a simple and flawless answer( IN THE HUMAN DIMENSION), " You are born like this and a higher suprapersonel made you like this. Like it or not, you are what you are. Live with it. God made you weak so as to contrast His powers with you. God made you to love you. Simple. Sweet...

The problem with religion is that people can't phantom it. It goes beyond their senses. It goes beyond their observation scope, their domain. There is a saying, "Humans are habitual creatures, we don't like to venture away from our comfort zone." This is exactly the case. We can get out of our comfortable domain to trust and believe in religion. Thus, many people choose to disown the need for religion.

Because of all the above. I conclude that in the present case, religion overpowers science as it can come up with more answers to questions that science is speechless to. All these is through the careful logic that I come out with. But then again, logic is human based. We defined logic. My logic could be different from the logic of yours, or even a kid. Who knows, I could just be another screwed up person with a screwed up logic talking about a topic no one bothers. :P

The whole essay sound as though religion is good and science is bad. WRONG! I hold the view that both science and religion are equally important. Without religion, our spiritual life would be dry(That is assuming my screwed up logic of spirits exists :P). Without science, I won't be able to publish this to you. The problem with science is people distort its sole purpose. It is not for the search of the truth. It is to allow us to enjoy our walk of life on this earth. In my case, I believe that science is too glorify the miraculous God that created such wonderful carbon based creatures that are given the ablilty to manipulate. The truth is there, search no more. Knock... :P

To end off, let me tell you. I am a Christian( some may find me an irritating one after they read this. I AM SORRY! I CAN'T HELP IT! :P), who believes that science and religion and are coherent party that supplement each other. Faith and action is 2 different corelated things. I should use my action to uphold my faith. Science is one important avenue of executing my actions in upholding my faith. I love both and I need both...

The question then comes. Which is the right faith? I shall stop here and go no longer. I need to curb my endless passion of argueing. I will rattle on and on and one and even end up in jail. Opps.. Because my belief system is over running me now. Who says I am right? I don't know..

I pity your eyes and brain(pituclasis)......

DISCLAIMER: THIS ARTICLE REPRESENTS THE AUTHOR'S VIEW AND SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS ANY CONTROVESIAL ARTICLE. THIS COULB BE DUE TO THE HIGH PROBABILITY FOR ANY HUMAN BEING TO HAVE A SCREWED UP LOGIC. READ IT AT YOUR OWN LEVEL OF LOGIC.... :P