Science and Religion

Empirical research about psychological perceptions of science and religion:

A person's unconscious attitudes toward science and God may be fundamentally opposed, researchers report, depending on how religion and science are used to answer "ultimate" questions such as how the universe began or the origin of life.

"On the other hand, people may have a generally positive view of science until it fails to explain the important questions. Then belief in God may be boosted to fill in the gap," she said.

The most obvious implication of the research is that "to be compatible, science and religion need to stick to their own territories, their own explanatory space," Preston said.

- God Or Science? A Belief In One Weakens Positive Feelings For The Other, Science Daily

Modern science is very powerful, within its domain of the physical. The Veda is powerful in picking up where science leaves off, in the realm of the metaphysical.