How many times it's been said "yes, Science is the opposite of religion, it explains rationally what religion claims to be explained only through Faith" .. And ain't that true?
But it's not a negative thing, and these two ways of looking at life don't require to be in opposition.
I'm a firm Science believer - guess it's clear, don't you? - anyways I believe in a superior being, too. But it's damn sure I cannot believe that Earth has been created in 6 days, that Sun turns around Earth, and that a Comet has been sent to guide three eastern kings to Bethlehem!
My opinion is only a little word; so, I want to quote one of the biggest Scientist ever, Albert Einstein.
At the question "do you believe in God", he stated:
"I can't answer with a simple yes or no. I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see a universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws, but only dimly understand these laws. Our limited minds cannot grasp the mysterious force that moves the constellations. I am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but admire even more his contributions to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and the body as one, not two separate things."
I smile when he says "our limited minds"...
I would love to read your comments to this quote.