As a scientist and hopefully a Christian it has always bothered me that science is often cast as the villain threatening belief and dogma when perhaps more deservedly an ongoing attempt to reveal the astoundingly complex beauty of creation.
The humility of science
Testing, forever testing
Knowing what is known
Is only known ‘til disproven
Certain only
That facts change
That even natural laws
Are bounded
In time and by space
And open
to interpretation
And the quest always
To find patterns in facts
To accumulate,
To allow understanding
The arrogance of religion
Certain, forever certain
Knowing what is known
Is true for eternity
And that what is known
To be true will remain so.
That even natural laws
Are subject
to forces unseen
And the quest always
To fit facts to that truth
Deepening understanding
Through interpretation
The simplicity of love.
Love your enemy as yourself,
Do unto others as you would have done to you
Love one another as I have loved you
As much as you do to the least
Lay down your life
Be still and know
Accept the gift of peace
Understanding you are loved.