Science is a product of the intellect, and so searches for the underlying order behind diverse material phenomena.  To do this, it must have faith that the universe is ordered,and not a chaos.  Logically, this order must also extend to its constituent parts, such as human beings.  And, since the religious impluse has been a noted trait of humans for all of recorded history, in every country and climate, it must form, on some level, a subject worth examining.

On the other hand, religion is a product of the mystical sense: the belief in a world of consciousness of which it considers every human being a part.   One sense cannot perceive sensations designed for another, just as sound has no value to the eye, nor light for the ear.  But this does not make them antagonistic: they work together to give unified, complementary, and consistent feedback about the world.  So, looked at in this light, why should science and religion be mutually exclusive at all?

"With the first objective confirmation of [the] divine potential in human beings, the wider areas of discord between contending political ideologies and the conflicting doctrines of faith will slowly begin to narrow down till complete accord is achieved.  The convinced scientists and the scholars will be the first to take up the cry.

"Those who think that the dream is too rosy to be true have only to bring the image of the mental climate at the begining of this [the 20th] century before their eye.  Could anyone believe then that in a few decades man would land on the moon and make plans for travelling to other planets in space?   Nature will always have surprises for the intellect." (5)