I just spent a lot of time watching the History Channel’s series titled “The Universe.” Wow. Nine seasons, eighty-eight episodes. I just happened to stumble upon it and of course it caught my attention. I have a lot of curiosity about science, just as I do about religion and philosophy and history. But I must admit, I really have very little understanding of the deep things of science and especially when it concerns things like the universe and all of that. It all just boggles my mind. I cannot understand what existence is, what life is all about, what is the universe and where did it all come from, etc., etc. It is all way beyond comprehension as I see it. Just as religion and the ultimate questions are beyond any real comprehension.
But here we are, living this life, doing all the things we do, being what we choose to be (yes, I truly believe we choose our life, we create who we are and how we live). And many of us do not delve deeply into the huge questions of what this “life” is all about. Yes, some people do and just decide to choose a religion and that’s it, the mystery of life handled. Hmmm… well, not for me. I can’t stop thinking about how incomprehensible life and the universe is. It, like I have said, boggles my mind and nearly drives me crazy to think about it. That is why I am attracted to science and documentary series like the one I recently watched. Not that I understand much. I just do not understand all of this.
So, does that mean I throw out all religion? All religions? Do I have to choose between science and religion? Is it one or the other? How is any concept of God even possible when pondering the universe? I find it interesting that after several episodes on the many aspects of looking at the mystery of life and the universe, they come to the point where they bring up the question of “God.” The scientists finally talk about the “uncomfortable” questions that plague any thinking, intelligent person. How can this all be? It makes no sense in so many ways. Believing in a creator, some purpose in all of this is crazy. And, to some extent, I’m right there, thinking those thoughts.
And some scientists do reveal they have some leanings to believing in some pattern, some thoughts about creation and something that created all of this and all the scientific laws that govern everything. And that boggles my mind, too. How can they think there’s some point to all of this? Atheism seems logical, I’m thinking, for a scientist. But not all scientists are atheists.
So, I do not say it has to be either science or religion. For me, it is a matter of science and religion. For me, I say I am open to just being at peace (as much as I can) with the mystery of it all. I say it is looking at and accepting both science and religion, and I’m not sure what that really means. I’m not sure of much, except that here I am. Alive at this time and amazed by life. I know there is the invisible/unseen world. Even science says that only something like five percent or so of existence is visible in the material world. So, isn’t that amazing for scientists to tell us? I’ve always sensed that there’s that “something.” That’s what it is for me, that “something.” I may choose to give it names. Religions give it names. For me, names like God, Spirit, energy, the creative force or energy, the Christ Consciousness, Jesus, they all work for me in trying to explain what I’m talking about. I’ve had experiences with the “something,” I know that. Will we know more someday, sometime, in some other dimension? We’ll see, won’t we? Or maybe we won’t if there’s nothing more for us after this existence is all through. For me, I feel there’s that “something.” I feel Jesus (Yeshua) was here to tell us about this stuff, to show us how to really live.
Wally