Science & Religion
“Scientific knowledge is the highest attainment upon the human plane, for science is the discoverer of realities. It is of two kinds: material and spiritual. Material science is the investigation of natural phenomena; divine science is the discovery and realization of spiritual verities. The world of humanity must acquire both. A bird has two wings; it cannot fly with one. Material and spiritual science are the two wings of human uplift and attainment. Both are necessary…” — Abdu’l-Bahá, (from a talk given 23 May 1912, Cambridge, MA)
Are science and religion natural antagonists or, as the Bahá’í sacred texts state, are they two wings of the same bird?
