Science vs. Religion

In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth. Or. In the beginning the laws of space and time didn’t exist as we understand them now, and all within a microsecond the universe experienced its beginning, expanding from roughly the size of a single atoms to being nearly infinite in scope. Which one could be considered true? In regards to the beginning of existence, it all depends on who you ask. It has been my experience that those who deem themselves to be deeply religious feel that life and everything in regards to it was created by an immaculate being that controls the ebb and flow of existence. Within the scientific community I’ve been apart of, however, there is an opposite thesis. Man is the by product of coalescence and coincidence. Specific ingredients combined at precisely perfect moments to warrant the progression of molecules into, “us”. There have been attempts to gain a working relationship between the two; the most recent being the emergence of the concept of “intelligent design”: the concept of life progressing as science dictates but with a nudge in the right direction from God. There ultimately tends to be too much stubbornness to admit that, in regards to science and religion, it is almost necessary to use one to understand the other.

There is a timeless axiom that is used by Stephen Hawking that asks:

“Would God make a rock he couldn’t carry?” (Hawking: a Brief History of Time.)  

It presents a very ambitious question in regards to the universe we live in. With what we know about life, the universe, and everything; is there something out there that would ultimately confirm or deny the existence of God? And more to the point, if there were in fact a God, would he use his ultimate power to create some thing that even he could not “solve” or “overcome”? Scientists continually explore the depths of the known universe and theologians explore the depths of the human spirit. Why does science continually set out to “kill” God? Why do religious philosophers deny scientific evidence of our emergence into being? These questions often segment the two respective communities so as to never allow for a concerted unified effort to develop an understanding.
Hawking wrote:

“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.” (Hawking. The Universe in a Nutshell).