Since the beginning, there were so many debates on how the universe was really created. Religion has Divine. Theory to , explain it- that God, in a snap, created everything in only six days; and science has its Big Bang Theory- in which an atomic nucleus, wherein the universe originated, continued to explode and expand resulting to the creation of galaxies, stars, planets and humanity.
The two are conflicting ideas: religion on faith, while science proposes elaborate explanations and evidences. As a result, people have always been uncertain as to how did we exactly exist.
We believe in God and His commandments just as we trust that our body is made up of tiny molecules and cells. The Holy Scripture told us that Adam and Eve were the first to inhibit the planet. But there came Darwin, telling us that we evolved from apes. When we were children, we tend to look up to the heavens and tried to say "Hello" to God's home-- right there, up above. When we get old, we find out that clouds are made up of gases while beyond the sky is a dark vast space- that nobody lives there. We learned from church that there is heaven and there is hell. However, when somebody, outside the holy building, would tell us about exorcism and demons, we refused to believe in it. We ignore them and we opt to seek for concrete evidence. When we are solving a mathematical problem, we look for formulas. When we are suffering from the cruelty of life, we pray unto Him.
It is hard, really, to race where everything had begun from just as how difficult it is to determine the demarcation line between religion and science. No concise account can draw the indelible line to separate them. Neither one of the great philosophers, historians or scientist has fully segregated them. Or if there is any, it remains as point of views- obscure and changeable. Yes, there are theories, but a theory will always remain as a theory unless somebody can make a law out of it.
It all started with a snap. And it gradually evolved into complex theories and explanations- a factor that brings us to a dead end full of curiosity and confusion. So, we seek for a way out; or if not, we make a way out.
At the end of the day, the choice is ours. We could either believe religion or science. Or we could have both. In our own way, we could search for a meeting point between the two as long as it maintains the balance of faith and evidence. I am 25 now and everything remains a mystery.
