Post #159 "Ultimate Power V"

What would happen, if or when, science answers all the questions it seeks as to the natural world, or more inclusively, to the cosmos? Does this goal of answering all the ultimate questions, that includes the knowledge and ability to create life as we know it, and beyond that, to the knowledge and ability to create other unknown life forms, finally settle the controversy? If this goal were achieved, would this not then be the end of science as E. Gates suggests in comments on the assumptions of science at the end of the twentieth century? It seems that toward the end of the twentieth century some pundits were claiming that the answer to the question, 'what is the universe made of?' has been found with the basic understanding of the basic nature of matter. They were of course, wrong. However, the indication that discovering the substance of the universe would unlock the secrets to creating all forms of life, including human life, would certainly justify feeling that all the questions are resolved, consequently, that the end of science was in sight. (from Einstein's telescope p6)

Much of the shift away from religion has already been accomplished. Where now the Ultimate power is divided between two Gods of Creation, science's triumph of discovering the secret of life would allow science to claim, through possession of its God, its God's Power, the creative Power of life of its God of Creation. If science achieves its goals, science and religion would meld and become one, the new Religion of Science. After all, we know that only One God can exist for God is One.

Are we not seeing signs of this in today's technological, mechanical age? Daily new technologies are being imposed into our lives. Is not science and technology becoming indispensable in every circumstance of today's world and mentality? Is science not being considered essential and consequently, in many aspects being acknowledged through universal dependence and wonder, and desire as the means of achieving Perfection, as the means to becoming The Creator? Is not science and technology being looked to for all the answers to life's difficulties? Is not science and technology being hailed and upheld as the promise of a new and better world?