The Relationship Between Religion and Science in the Light of Cosmology and Biology in the 20th Century
The following two major scientific discoveries in the fields of Cosmology and Biology during the 20 th century have had huge philosophical and religious implications. Many people believe that Religion and Science are at opposing poles; however, these discoveries show that Religion and Science are actually complementary. 1 – Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory, which is one of the most established scientific theories of our time, postulates that the universe had a beginning. If the universe began to exist, there had to have been a cause for this universe. There is no faith (except faith in science and logic!) involved in this process; rather, this is all science and logic. We can show this as a valid logical argument: Premise 1 - Everything that begin to exist has a cause (The law of causality) Premise 2 - The universe began to exist (The Big Bang Theory as well as the Second Law of Thermodynamics establish this premise) Conclusion – Therefore, the universe has ...