Post #169 "The Power of Knowledge"

Science, as religion, has also attempted to answer these fundamental questions of existence but readily admits there is still much that is unknown. Science has, however, answered enough questions to foster belief in its ability to eventually answer all questions. Consequently, science challenges religion's answers with its own answers to the basic questions of life. Science's answers are based, of course, on its own observations, interpretations, mathematical formulas, and outright, on its own speculation. Each concept, religion through Faith, and science through Reason, attempts to achieve ultimate power through determining the answers to creation's ultimate questions. Knowledge is possession. Knowledge is ownership. As previously noted, science, through rational knowledge, seeks to gain possession of creation, which basically, comes down to knowledge and the determination of life and its consequence---death. Science, confident in its knowledge and ability, is finally able to challenge religion's grasp of the source of ultimate power, but just what 'ultimate power' does science claim for its authority and credibility? If faith in the God of Creation is religion's source of ultimate power, what or who is science's source of ultimate power?

Science has created a world that is a scientific or mechanical world. The world has been transformed by science. Science is apparent in every aspect of life on earth. Every generation has become more and more dependant on science. Science has so changed the world that if its effect were removed, the world could not return to the more primitive ways of survival of preceding generations. Modern man simply could not cope or survive in the world of a few generations ago. Science has created but science has also destroyed

Science has indeed created the civilized world. Through humanity's power to reason, civilization rose from the wilderness. Civilization is a process that accelerates with humanity's power to Reason, but by what process? Here is creation's formula: dissatisfaction to desire, desire to dream, dream to image, image to creation, creation to dissatisfaction, dissatisfaction to death.

Is science's source of ultimate power really reason, the rational, the thinking power of fickle humanity? Religion's God of Creation is, obviously, all about creating, but science seems to also focus on creating. Science's method is, firstly, trying to understand what things are made of. Then from there, proceeds to determine where to fit into the grand scheme of things. In other words, science through trying to discover the secrets of creation, seeks and determines to control creation. Yes, science's ultimate power is Reason. Science depends on Reason to gain control over creation which includes power over life and death. So the big question finally comes down to ...does religion or does science have the most power and control over life and death, over what exists and what does not exist. Which system is in control and has power over creation? Which system possess creation and beyond creation to that which has not yet been created?