Steve MaraboliGod is the name we give to the science we don't understand. Science is the name we give to the God we don't understand.
About This Quote
This quote by Robert Anton Wilson is a perfect description of the conflict between science and religious beliefs. Science is an attempt to understand the universe by using logical reasoning. However, it is not entirely logical. Even though science can’t find any God, that doesn’t mean there isn’t one.
Science isn’t what decides our views of God, but rather what people are willing to accept as truth. Take the law of gravity for instance. According to Newtonian physics, objects in motion stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.
This is the way things are supposed to work, but this isn’t what nature has to offer us. An apple falls to Earth even though it has no reason to do so. It’s not because there is some supernatural force causing the apple to fall, but because gravity exists and these things happen naturally when gravity acts upon objects in motion.
That law of gravitational collapse just happens to match up with our understanding of how things should work based on Newtonian laws of physics.
Source: Unapologetically You: Reflections On Life And The Human Experience
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