Lately, the idea that science and religion aren’t enemies has become more relevant to me as I keep thinking about my faith—a faith that I used to think contradicted everything I was taught in school. I’m starting to see that they might just be two different languages describing the same thing. It’s funny; people act like the Big Bang is a closed case, but to me, it requires just as much faith as believing in a Creator. Neither one actually answers the final “why”; the scientific explanation feels just as unfulfilled as the claim that “God created everything.”
I can’t help but notice the hypocrisy in how we filter “truth.” We’ll dismiss the idea of Heaven as a fairy tale, but then turn around and have serious conversations about the Multiverse or Higher Dimensions. We scoff at the idea of being “created,” yet we’re fascinated by the Simulation Hypothesis. It feels like we’re just rebranding old spiritual concepts into technical jargon to make them feel more “acceptable.”
Quantum physics makes the irony even sharper. By showing us a universe that isn’t just a predictable machine, science has actually made the idea of free will more logical. If even the smallest particles don’t follow a rigid, clockwork path, then why should I believe that I’m stuck on one?
I see this clear line moving through history: Religion gave us a moral map, Philosophy asked the deeper questions, and now Science is the tool we use to actually build the answers. We’ve gone from asking “Why is there pain?” to “How do we stop it?” with medicine and tech. It’s wild to think that through AI and bioengineering, we’re essentially trying to do what religion always predicted: transcend our limits and act as creators. We’re trying to build the “Heaven” we used to only pray for.
For me, science only really clicks when I view it alongside the idea of a Grand Designer. Things like the “Fine-Tuning” of the universe feel too deliberate to be a series of accidents.
Learning the laws of physics doesn’t feel like I’m disproving God; it feels like I’m learning the “how” behind the “who.” If we really are made in the image of a creator, then our drive to invent and overcome death isn’t us playing God—it’s us finally stepping into our own. Maybe we’re only now starting to understand our worth as creators by leaning into that divinity.
“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
— Albert Einstein