Science, Religion and the Cosmic view

The Religious pull of the Cosmos-What truly drives exploration and development? It seems to be feeling and longing in a sense. Fear also is a key driver, which can lead to humanity developing religion to explain what is outside of our control.- When actions have correlation (but not always causation), this can cause the creation of rituals, passed down and becoming religious, although they are based very much out of fear.- When people take control, therefore, expanding on this religion and enshrining oneself in such a religion is advantageous and leads to its further proliferation whilst serving the rulers’ interests.- We also seek guidance from our elders, to fit into societies which therefore can in some circumstances proliferate and create the idea of a God or Gods. For instance, in Judaism, the fear of actions leads to a moral God with rules.- Therefore, there is fear and moralization that drives the creation of religions, but there is also the “Cosmic Religious Feeling” in which an individual may experience the connectedness of the world and humanity, and this seems at odds with the anthropomorphic moralization that a lot of religious go towards (although some religions like Buddhism are based around this).- This is the aim to experience the universe beyond just through human existence and instead as a whole. It is a feeling that is sometimes ascribed to sainthood but in other cases to heresy.- How can this concept of religious feeling, therefore, be transferred from person to person? Quite often it can be found in art or science, which is why some pieces of artwork can realise specific unnameable feelings in a person.-Therefore, how are science and religion linked? It seems that they should both be at odds. A scientist would not likely feel that there is a God controlling events, making it go in a different way? This is why some have said that Science undermines morality. This is not a just claim. Ethics should be based on sympathy and needs, not religion. If all that constrains morality is life after death and fear of punishment, it is not very moral.- So where do the cosmic religion’s feelings fit into science? It seems that that drive to understand the world and the cosmos can lead people to scientific breakthroughs, such as Galileo Galilei having that urge to look at the stars and discover heliocentrism (alongside the charge of heresy).-This feeling gives people the urge and ability to devote their lives to science, in spite of failures and difficulty without giving into dissoluteness.