Is there a contradiction between religious belief and science?

Einstein: Science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind.

Einstein said, "The most incomprehensible thing about nature is that it is understandable". He also said, "Science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind". The great man of science spent his whole life in the two ideological systems of science and religion. In any case, a natural force beyond intelligent life can be universally felt. Religion attributes the source of this natural force to God; On the other hand, science has not yet given a satisfactory answer. Perhaps, in this world, there will always be some things and sights that we can't explain with scientific basis. To deal with these, what can we do except admire the strangeness of the creator?

Or Einstein said, "I want to know how God created this world … I want to know his thoughts." It is the belief in God that gave birth to the enthusiasm of these great scientists to explore the mysteries of the universe. "God does not roll the dice, and science can only be created by people who have thoroughly penetrated the pursuit of truth and understanding. However, the source of this feeling comes from the religious field. Dealing with a possible belief also belongs to this field; This possibility is that the laws applicable to the world are rational, that is, they can be summarized by reason. I can't imagine a real scientist without such a deep belief. "

It is precisely for this reason that in the west, great scientists are also devout religious believers. I can make a long list: Newton, Einstein, Descartes, Russell, Leibniz …

We have been advocating the scientific spirit, regarding the scientific level as the symbol of civilization and science as the deadly enemy of religion. Perhaps it was after reading Einstein's sentence that I really realized that science and religion are inextricably linked at the source. Looking back at the history of science in the west, how many scientists have turned the spirit of martyrdom to religion into the spirit of dedication to science. The stories left by Archimedes, Copernicus and Bruno are not only shocking, but also thought-provoking. When the Roman army occupied the ancient city of Syracuse, Archimedes was studying geometric problems in the sand. Faced with the enemy's dazzling weapons, the mathematician like the sun god calmly and freely put forward his last plea in life: wait a minute, let me finish this problem first. In order to establish the scientific theory of "Heliocentrism", Copernicus almost spent the rest of his life, and finally made the book "On the Operation of Celestial Bodies" public at the last moment of his life. In order to keep this scientific conclusion, Bruno was excommunicated and imprisoned until he was tied to the stake and burned to death. There are countless examples of this. In his fairy tale "The Glorious Thorn Road", Andersen asserted: "Unless the world itself is destroyed, this line will never end!"

Both science and religion originated from the impulse of human beings to explore the universe and themselves, but with the increasing progress of science, it has also become a religious belief in some people's hearts. However, the essence of scientific spirit is skepticism, and skepticism itself opposes any form of worship. In the face of empirical science, any truth is short-lived. It was once thought that Newton discovered the ultimate secret of the universe, but Einstein expanded the boundaries that people are familiar with. In fact, the greatest scientific discovery in the 20th century was the discovery of almost infinite expansion of science, which declared the end of19th century mechanical cosmology. However, science, as one of human cognitive abilities, has its own boundaries. Knowing the boundaries should make people reflect on the course of religious retreat, and the pursuit of knowledge and morality should become the wings of human wisdom, which is also where Einstein's words make people hide their thoughts.