Science and Religion

Just finished reading The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow.

I loved reading about the science of the universe in which we find ourselves. From quarks, which are too small to be seen, to the multiverse theory of a set of universes, which is too enormous to comprehend. In a universe approx. 13.7 billion years old we are only here for a 100 years if we are lucky. Such a short time with so many questions to be answered.

Hawking and Mlodinow also argue that philosophy is dead, religion misguided and that science is the only way to find answers to the questions we seek. Science helps us to understand some of the laws of nature but leaves many questions beyond our reach. So many questions that the authors fail in their quest to disprove the existence of God. If the universe is 13.7 billion years old what existed 14 billion years ago? What caused the big bang? Did the universe previously expand to its limits then deflate back in on itself causing such explosion? If the universe is expanding out in all directions like a sphere, what is it expanding into? How far will it go?

Science can not compete with religion and philosophy when we look at human nature but through amazing discoveries of our universe increases the wonder and awe in which we hold the Creator.

There are only two ways to live your life:
one is as though nothing is a miracle;
the other is as though everything is.
I believe in the latter.
                        -  Albert Einstein


The Python gang show us science and religion work seamlessly together.