Реферат: The Truth About Physics And Religion Essay

imagination. It is quite understandable why primitive

people, who were so much more exposed to the

overpowering forces of nature than we are today,

should have personified these forces in fear and

trembling. But nowadays, when we understand so

many natural processes, we have no need for such

solutions.

Dirac, and those who think the same way, however, fails to consider the

essential element that has caused many to misunderstand the relationship between

physics and religion. What they fail to realize is that religion uses language

in quite a different way from science. The language of religion is more closely

related to the language of poetry than to the language of science. The fact

that religions have, throughout the ages, spoken in parables and images, simply

means that there is no other way of understanding the reality to which they

refer. But I strongly believe, however, that religion is a genuine reality.

Neils Bohr once said:

The relationship between critical thought about the

spiritual content of a given religion and action based

on the deliberate acceptance of that content is

complementary. And such acceptance fills the

individual with strength of purpose, helps him to

overcome doubts and, if he has to suffer, provides him

with the kind of solace that only a sense of being

sheltered under an all-embracing roof can grant.

In this sense, religion helps to make social life more harmonious; its most

important task is to remind us, in the language of parables and images, of the

wider picture that we live our lives.

Dirac, like many others who share his thoughts, thinks that religion is

entirely based on faith. But, because of his ignorance to the meaning of the