Daily Meditation: Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Science and religion - must enlighten each other

12/14/2004

In the West, we have witnessed for centuries the endless battles between religion and science. For a long time religion was powerful enough to carry off the victory. Then, little by little, the situation was reversed: as science gradually advanced, it gained the upper hand and took revenge by ridiculing religion, which was forced to beat a retreat. But just as religion could not prevent scientific development, science, no matter how great its progress, could not replace or destroy religion. There is a connection between these two domains, and each must work to enhance and enlighten the other. Those who try to separate them or pit them against each other are mistaken. God would not have established two incompatible realities in the universe He created, or in the human being He created in His image. You must therefore discover the laws that govern both the material world and the spiritual world.