Religion and Science
5. Religion and Science
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centuries. It was during this period that, in the light
of new scientific discoveries, many came to feel that
there was no further call to believe in God. One of
the most compelling reasons for believing in God,
amongst others, was that without this belief, the
universe was inexplicable. The antagonists of reli-
gion were quick to point out that we no longer
required the ‘God’ hypothesis when there was no
aspect of the universe, which could not be
explained quite easily by the findings of scientific
research. To them, the idea of God was redundant
and, therefore, baseless.
This claim was quite flimsy from the academic or
logical point of view even at the time it was made,
and now science itself has admitted, directly or
indirectly, that it had no satisfactory ground for
making such a claim.
Of what nature was this discovery of science, which
attempted to convince, people that there was no
further need for the concept of God? It was no more
than the discovery that the universe is bound by
certain laws. In ancient times, man had simply
believed that all happenings in the world were
