232 HAS SCIENCE DISCOVERED GOD? 



trace the beginnings of planetary systems to conden- 

 sations in the wisps of spiral whirls, but we cannot 

 think of a time before which nothing happened nor 

 can we think of a time beyond which something may 

 not happen. Such are the limitations of the human 

 mind. As to what was before matter, scientists can- 

 not answer for the laws of science are based on weight 

 and measurement of things. We grow continually 

 aware of the existence of realms where our conscious- 

 ness cannot follow. We can form a scientific picture 

 of the universe only as it touches our three dimen- 

 sional concept. But to be able to reason to a point 

 where a consciousness becomes indefinite suggests that 

 the mind of man leaps a little way from the world that 

 is to another world not restricted by matter and the 

 familiar dimensions. We all share in experiences not 

 expressible in terms of the metric system. We have 

 a sense of the world of Beauty, of motives, and of 

 values, based on other standards than those of weight 

 and measure. As long as man continues to have an 

 appreciation for such qualities as make for Ideals and 

 the nobler emotional experiences he will have need 

 of religion, and to say that science inherently conflicts 

 with religion Is to admit a complete misunderstanding 

 of the provinces of either. It is Inevitable that the 

 facts of science will be a marked determining factor 

 in the kind of religion which will satisfy the man of 

 to-day, and the sooner one appreciates the methods, 

 the motives, and the results of science, the sooner will 

 one's religious thinking evolve a satisfactory spiritual 

 experience not at variance with the universe around 

 us. To abandon all cognizance of religion because 

 of maladjustments of one's theology with science is as 



