There’s not much sense in arguing religious belief; but I believe that God set it all up with certain ends in mind and laws functioning, and left us to it.
“There’s not much sense in arguing religious belief; but I believe that God set it all up with certain ends in mind and laws functioning, and left us to it.”
That’s not far from what I believe as well.
There is a certain order to the workings of the universe that definitely suggest that it was “designed”, which also suggests that there is a designer, which motivates us to find everything we can about him so we can, somehow, influence him to help us along our way.
And he/it designed us with senses and a brain that allows us to glean certain aspects of that order - which is what science is mostly about. Discovering the causes and effects that make this world what it is.
Science is mostly concerned with the physical world. how humans should lead their lives is not so much in its jurisdiction. So people resort to other disciplines - like religion, psychology, philosophy, experience... - to get a handle on how to best live a life.
“There’s not much sense in arguing religious belief; but I believe that God set it all up with certain ends in mind and laws functioning, and left us to it.”
That’s not far from what I believe as well.
There is a certain order to the workings of the universe that definitely suggest that it was “designed”, which also suggests that there is a designer, which motivates us to find everything we can about him so we can, somehow, influence him to help us along our way.
And he/it designed us with senses and a brain that allows us to glean certain aspects of that order - which is what science is mostly about. Discovering the causes and effects that make this world what it is.
Science is mostly concerned with the physical world. how humans should lead their lives is not so much in its jurisdiction. So people resort to other disciplines - like religion, psychology, philosophy, experience... - to get a handle on how to best live a life.