Alfred North Whitehead...

Alfred North Whitehead,[^6] a great mathematician and philosopher of the 20th century, says: “When we reflect on the value and importance of religion and science for mankind, it is not absurd to say that the future course of history depends on this generation’s treatment of the relationship between these two.”[^7] Before mentioning the different viewpoints on the relationship between science and religion, it is necessary to note that man is in need of religion as well as science.

Any perspective on man not being in need of both religion and science is inconsistent with the reality of man. Throughout history, there have been those who have striven to observe natural phenomena and explain them based on religion and also search for the source of natural laws from the Bible. Sometimes, contributions in this context were even treated unkindly.

An illustrious example of these oppositions was the case of Galileo whose scientific theory that the sun was the center of the universe—in opposition to the then prevailing…