There is still so much unknown in the world around us. So much to explore and wonder. Even in our own lives, everyday in itself is a new discovery. In a bid to discover the things happening around us, people try very hard to find explanations for everything.
It was once thought that the world was flat and if you sailed far enough to the edge of the horizon, you would just fall off and disappear into nothing. In 1492, Columbus finally overcame the objections of the bigoted church leaders of Spain, who believed the world was flat because they thought the Bible said so. His epic voyage of discovery eventually disspelled the superstitions of the dark ages. Some time later in history, Galileo challenged the church's belief by declaring that the sun to be the central body and the earth a moving body revolving with the other planets about it. In 1761, an Inquisition was held with Galileo exclaiming sotto voce, "E pur si muove" (nevertheless it does move). After the Inquisition trial Galileo was sentenced to an enforced residence in Siena.
It seems that religion and science can never reconcile. Science needs to be proven by experimental data based on logical principles while religion relies on the intangible spiritual belief and faith. Yet I came across this quote that tries to marry the both: Black holes are where God divided by zero.
The more we know, the more we do not know. There reaches a point where everything just fades into infinity. Then it becomes a case of which came first, the chicken or the egg? Some mysteries I guess are just meant to be mysteries. Some parting words by Albert Einstein: Only two things are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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