Religion vs. Science

In that eternal quest for truth, man has always been at odds with what is and what can be.

How so? Mainly because there are those that choose to believe only what they can sense--see, hear, touch, taste... and there are those of us that choose to really leave our fate in the hands of things we cannot understand, hence the birth of religion and faith.

Science has always dealt with the empirical. Things that we can measure, describe, outwardly observe... science has given man the option to learn, to become more than just a mere thought. Science came about because of mans thirst for knowledge, his quest for the truth...

Religion on the other hand, has always been argued as something that was merely 'invented' to keep man in check. Because if in his quest for the truth, he cannot find the answers he seeks, he turns to something he cannot understand and then attempts to explain and rationalize that things happen as God's will.

So why then can we not find a balance between scientific rationalization and religious belief?

Today science allows us to actually find out if the DNA of Jesus Christ exists... and if any one of us is actually, genetically related. But religious fanatics cry foul and say you cannot even attempt to discover let alone break down the matter that makes up God. And this is only one aspect of the ever-changing argument that is Religion vs Science.

In the first Dan Brown novel turned Ron Howard movie, The Da Vinci Code, man attempted to put a science behind Catholicism... man tried to break down what really happened during Christ's time... and they tried to do so using interpretations of what happened at the time, not even the actual accounts themselves... paintings, old scrolls, unpublished biblical verse... all of which can be 'hidden truth' but is it empirical enough evidence to actually state a fact?

Remember, though, that the movie is based on a work of fiction... but it does strike a chord with all of us scientists... if we did try and assess and examine and break down what was written in the bible, and then cross check it with all of the other documents and eyewitness accounts of the time, could there actually be merit in the arguments that Dan Brown presented in his novel? could there be merit in the 'discoveries' that Tom Hanks' Robert Langdon uncovered?

If you were given a chance... would you want to seek the truth about Christ's humanity, or leave it to faith and just... believe? What would you do?

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