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There are many existential questions that pique the interest of human beings. Certainly, the most important ones are the most difficult to answer. For example: What are we? Where do we come from? What is life? How did life emerge in the universe? What is the purpose of life? Does the soul exist? What is the soul? What happens after death? Are there other intelligent beings in the universe? Will the universe die? If the universe were to die, what would happen next?
Part of the interest in these questions can be attributed to curiosity, another to the fear that the inevitability of death causes in human beings. A large part of this fear is related to the beliefs and myths that have been created around these questions. Religions and similar institutions, as well as science, are the main agents responsible for the creation, diversification, dissemination, and maintenance of these beliefs and myths. However, they only have this power because most people believe that the only or best way to answer these questions is through them.
Science attempts to win its followers exclusively through reason. In contrast, religions and similar institutions try to attract theirs through emotionally charged messages whose origin is attributed to their deities. These messages contain the values that followers must respect. Religions and similar institutions try to prevent the transgression of these values by threatening those who disrespect them with divine wrath. They also try to prevent the questioning of these messages by imposing unconditional faith on their followers.
Science is obligated to recognize that everything that happens in the world is due to the laws of nature, as without them, it would not even exist. Science still has no answer that can be considered scientifically valid for the great existential questions. However, some scientists believe that this is only a matter of time. In fact, some of them have already presented theories to try to explain the origin of the universe. For example: The Big Bang Theory, the Big Rip Theory, the Big Crunch Theory, the Big Splash Theory, the Big Bounce Theory, etc.
In these theories, the universe is seen as chaotic and life as something mechanical that can end suddenly. However, none of these theories should be taken too seriously, as anything that has not yet been put to the test is not scientifically valid; in other words, it is merely speculation.
Most people are followers and defenders of either religions and similar institutions or science. This polarization happens because few people have the courage to question what is already firmly established, and the defenders of both science and religions have been working for this outcome for a long time.
The defenders of religions and similar institutions try to discredit science by claiming it's incapable of providing explanations for the existential questions that most interest human beings.
The defenders of science acknowledge this limitation but argue that it may only be temporary. However, many of them repudiate religions and similar institutions, claiming that their explanations are unfeasible because they contradict the laws of nature and, consequently, logic.
The defenders of religions and similar institutions counter this by claiming that not everything is logical, but they provide no proof.
The defenders of science also accuse the defenders of religions and similar institutions of promoting discord and hindering intellectual and humanistic development. However, some scientists do the same when they present untested propositions as if they were nearly true.
To reiterate: anything that has not yet been subjected to the rigors of the scientific method, no matter how logical it may seem, is just speculation. Believing in the speculations of scientists is the same as having faith, because you are relying on what was said or written by someone who someone else claims is trustworthy.
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