Religion and Science

Religion and Science The picture of the universe that emerges from modern knowledge is that of a perfectly organized system, bound by immutable laws. It had been surmised initially that behind observable phenomena there existed a mechanical system which continued to function owing to the laws of cause and effect. But a more meticulous and searching study of this subject has revealed this supposition to be totally inadequate, for no system, however flawless and unremitting in its movements, can function without a mover and sustainer at every moment. Similarly, the rapid increase in human knowledge had led to the assumption that it would ultimately embrace all truths. There would then be no need for divine revelation. But later investigations have demonstrated how baseless this concept is, for man simply does not have faculties, which are developed enough to arrive unaided at absolute truths. He must, in the last analysis, have recourse to an Eternal Teacher. In all ways, modern knowledge, far from weakening the bases of religion, has fortified them. Modern investigation has also proved that the urge to be religious is a natural and insuppressible emotion in man. Attempts have been made to formulate a man-made religion, but in a universe where man is pathetically incapable of arriving at ultimate truths, this has been a failure. This was inevitable, for there is no man who is able, without divine guidance, to develop a religion, which is in complete correspondence with the truths of the universe for the benefit of the creatures that inhabit it.