Science is a strict doctrine of fact, which builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. With expansion of objects and areas of investigation the word science became increasingly associated with the scientific method itself, as a disciplined way to study the natural world, including physics, chemistry, geology and biology.

Official science does not deal with phenomena, which can’t be rationally explained, amongst these are; faith, reality, purpose, reason, existence, meaning and values. These dilemmas fall within the domain of philosophy, which employs rational argument and strives to deliver answers in a critical and systematic way. Philosophy is often compared or likened to religion, yet these fundamentally differ in their reasoning. Religion inevitably reverts for answers to its sacred texts, while philosophy seeks to explore possible solutions irrespective of Divine principles.

It’s no coincidence that scientific, religious, philosophical, spiritual and other prominent preaching is beginning to sound ever more alike. They are ultimately addressing the same questions, but go about obtaining the answers in their own specific way. Freeman Dyson, a professor emeritus of physics at the Institute for Advanced Study, explains: Religion and science are two windows looking out at the Universe. You cannot look through both of them at the same time, but both of them show the same Universe.