Religion and Science : दोनों में कौन महत्वपूर्ण ?

Religion and Science

Which of the two is important?

The inter-relationship between these two and the necessity of religion and science in life.

The existence of religion is like the soul in a human being which can neither be seen with the eyes nor touched with the hands.but despite of this no one has any doubt about its existence. Whatever may be the name, but apart from the body, there is some power inside the human being which keeps him/her alive and without it, the human body remains intact but life comes to an end. We may call it soul,spirit or give it some other name, but there is definitely some power that runs the body. In this way, religion has importance in human life which decides the condition and direction of the life. Animals, birds and other creatures also live life and they also have bodies, but the spirit of religion makes humans more moral, organized and better.

Science is such an obvious and direct knowledge whose effect is visible outward. For example, if a person wears good clothes – like coat and paint – then he will be seen as a gentleman, but if a person has good behavior and good values in his/her heart & mind, he/she is also called a gentleman. But in one case things become clear only on seeing and in the other case things can be accepted/felt after experience. Exactly the same thing is true in the case of religion and science that science is an externally visible development whereas religion is an internal development. Science provides comfort to the body whereas religion is a matter of the soul. If a person’s body also needs to be strong and healthy, the same can be said about the soul also. If a person is beautiful and healthy from outside then why shouldn’t he be the same from inside also?

Science and religion have equal importance in life. The lack of any one prevents us from being complete/perfect. Religion and science are not opposing ideas to each other, rather they complement each other and work to strengthen each other. Often people put them against each other and try to humiliate each other or make one thing appear lighter than other, which is definitely foolish thing to do. While science is the first floor of the house, religion is its second floor. By saying this, I do not mean to put anyone at number one or number two, but what I mean is that just as the soul does not exist without the body (although there can be a soul in the form of a deity or a ghost, but that is not my topic). Without science, even religion will not have much importance. Without science, neither religion will be able to protect itself nor will it be able to gain prestige, therefore it is best if religion makes science its companion. Similarly, without religion, science will be immoral and also destructive.

What did India do for thousands of years? Here people kept shouting about religion and ignored science, the result of which was that India had to suffer thousands of years of slavery and could not give a large section of the society (Dalits and women) the status that was their due rights. Conservative thinking brought India down from the level of world leader and golden bird into slavery. Similarly, the western countries have made so much progress in science that today the whole world can be destroyed with the press of a button and their life is full of restlessness. This clearly shows that neither religion nor science. They alone are not capable of providing completeness to life. Software is as important as hardware in a computer, otherwise the computer will prove to be just a box. Both religion and science are integral parts of each other and it is not possible to ignore either one of them.