Science over Religion

I find it hard to distinguish between my mind and body sometimes. It’s obvious through the power of science that the mind controls the body, but is the body in equal power in other ways? Ways in such that my environment and what I do defines my personality to others. My body language and the way I interact with my peers have all to do with my body. My body is my phenotype and my mind is somewhat my genotype. My mind is what does all the processing, that instills my values and morals. It’s the deep-down consciousness of what drives what I do with my body. Phenotype is just as important as genotype. How is it mind over body when they are actually equal?

The discussion of religion in my life is a great example of the power of the mind and body and how they can contradict themselves sometimes. In my life, I grew up in a Hindu household. When I was younger, my parents were never adamant church- (technically, temple) goers. They did have a prayer area in the house that still remains and they would occasionally go to religious functions when invited. We were never devoted Hindus, but we still practiced a little. Fast-forward to my high-school/early college years. This is where I started to discover myself (as did many people), but in regards to religion, I realized that I don’t believe what my parents believed. I didn’t really believe in anything god-like. I believed in the universe and that things happen if they were meant to. Some may argue that God inhabits the universe, but I don’t think so. My point is, I grew thinking that I believed in gods, but my environment gave me an open mind into believing what I want. I chose to not believe in any god, but I still have the morals put upon me in my youth. So in your opinion, is this the contradiction between mind and body or am I just crazy? (I’m pretty sure I’m crazy regardless.)

Now science, my new-found love in the recent years. The blessing of scientific research and data that inhabits the world. The thing that can turn an opinion into facts. I never realized how much the world depended on research and science before college. Science is the world changer and personal friend to seek help from. Is science my God? Probably not, I don’t claim a god, but it is pretty close to it. I find that I don’t believe in anything I hear or read (mostly on Facebook, where the stupidest things go viral and people believe it) without doing my own research on the topic to find out if something is legitimate. For example, some post on Facebook went around saying something in the likes of an astronomical event will happen and will be visible to parts of the United States. In my mind I think, “cool.” Then I hopped onto NASA’s website and made sure it was legit. I won’t believe you unless there is research behind what you say. For the most part, people don’t do their research and therefore they glorify falsities (such as with our current POTUS, although this concerns politics, it still pertains to knowledge, therefore research!!).