19.Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind

What is science and religion where the two meets?

Science is an unbeatable effort of man, invincible desire and utopian conception to order the nature in his theories, ideas and concepts. He wants to comprehend the nature for its current behavioral and phenomenal understanding and future prediction so that he can use and exploit the nature and its resources for civilizational survival and progress. The rational and scientific approach is outcome of human’s inclination towards rationality to overcome his awe, fear and ignorance of the world.

Religion ,very abstract, have definitional range from personal faith ,collective Conscience, ideological interpretation for social groups, means to sacred way of life for some individual to path to salvation and heaven for others. Religion is subjective as religious enlightenment has to be felt by one's own experience. Unless and until religious experience is felt by an individual himself, he cannot reap any pleasure out of it. The moral and religious rules are allied and have to be followed by individuals in appropriate ethical situations. It is being viewed as false consciousness and illusion by Marx. Whatsoever, but it is reflection of social reality as seen empirically. Objective observation and subjective understanding of society tell that religion is necessity of human life.Religious truths remain essentiality the property of the individuals who experience and realize them through their own inward soul and mind and not through the external manifestation of things which have a physical behavior

Both science and religion are integral parts of human life expresses external and internal aspects, moreover two side of same coin. Thought there are some differences between which can be outline to show contrasting ideas. Science deals with the world that we know the material world that is comprehended by the senses: religion is concerned with a supra-mundane world - a world that we cannot be said to know. Science believes in things that can be proved: religion is preoccupied with ideas that have to be accepted without proof. Science depends on reasons: religion on intuition. According to common perception, a huge gulf exists between science and religion. Apparently, no doubt, science deals with things concrete, whereas religion is based upon abstract ideals. Science implies fact, religion involves faith. Religion is basically a matter of instinct and science that of reason. But these are the broad characteristics of science and religion which have meeting places also-and the first meeting place is in the human mind and nature themselves.

When one talks about two apparently divergent things like science and religion or other seemingly opposite things. one has to keep in mind the complexity of human nature. Its very complexity demands influences from antithetical ideas and makes their co-existence nec­essary as well as feasible.

What science brought to world and religion added value to it

But so long as scientific knowledge is imperfect, the place of religion and God will continue to be highly relevant. So long as scientific theories do not reach perfection, humans have to fall back upon their own reasoning and secondary -'powers of their own soul and spirit

Weapons and fight over resources aided by technological advancement. Greed cannot be satisfied –religion is the answer for human satisfaction. Inequalities and deprivation prevailing in society – economic advancement led by science and technology have doubtful solution. Science taught the humans about rationalization and thus he did institutionalization of society. It made and surfaced the psychological impotency of human society. Man considers medical treatment to healthcare, social work to community welfare, police protection to safety, military poise to security and rat race to productive work.

Faith in each other, trust, and harmonic interdependence based on morality, if not inculcated by religion, then atleast supported. Universalization of expectations by spread of science but limited resources led to new alienation among young where religion can be solution sought for. Cognitive paradigms which have been prism to see the world are ever changing due to change led by science. But religion is the telescope through which we saw the world similar beyond time and space thus minimal shocks in case of structural change in society. Also science is not able to answer the fundamental questions of the mystery of life and death and the incalculability of events. The scientist can say that the universe developed from a primeval atom but what made them coagulate into the universe we know. Science fails to answer the question of the `First Cause'. It is here that man and even a scientist has to fall back upon the idea of God and religion. In fact, science alone cannot give peace and happiness to mankind. Science must be allied to religion. Science makes man materialistic, but religion upholds his faith in God, in the higher and spiritual values of life.

Value addition by science to religion

Currents of transformation in society and social change have been common phenomenon throughout human history. Science have been leading and major factor and contributor of this transformation. Science reconstructs the society and changes the religious tone by conquering the prejudices, illusion, dogmas and illogical customary rituals. Science purifies the religion and forces it towards spirituality. Yoga and meditation are half science and half religion. If at any time religion became blind then empiricism and rationalism from science and philosophy became eyes of religion. Scientific truths, on the other hand, become the property of the whole world and go to inflate the store-house of human knowledge.

Conclusion:

As a matter of fact, today we know clearly that the animosity between the two is not-very substantial. The pyramids of ancient Egypt evoke both religious reverence and also the admiration of engineers. Roger Bacon, the inventor of gunpowder, believed in alchemy. Copernicus dedicated his famous book to the Pope. Mendel was a monk by profession. And Einstein remarked that a great scientific discovery was a matter of religious insight.
Outwardly religion and science are the two opposite poles of man's consciousness. But the two do not necessarily repel each other. The meeting point is in the mind of man. Religion without science degenerates into superstition, while science without the help of religion gives rise to materialism and lack of faith. Science, to speak the truth, has only purified religion, whereas religion has given a touch of beauty and mystery to science. The discoveries of science and its conquest of Nature only show the wonders of the Supreme Being. Thus science strengthens the work of religion. A true scientist is not an unbeliever or irreligious person, but a real admirer of God and His wonderful creations. What the superstitious man worships blindly, the scientists worships as the fruit of his knowledge. Hence modern scientists have come to know not only the limitations of science but have given a better understanding of miracles of Nature and the wonders of the Creator.