Evolution Vs Creationism

Where did human beings come from? How did the universe come into existence? Why were we chosen to have superior intelligence and by whom? Did life, as we know it, really evolve from primordial soup?  Is there a supreme being responsible for all of it? Why do we feel the need for the existence of God? Is it because of our insecurities or is it a result of hope that everything will be alright? 

As we travel back through time de-constructing the history of formation and evolution of life on Earth and Earth itself, we are often punctuated with lack of evidences. At the same time, the idea of cosmos being created in a blink of an eye defies all logic. The creation hymn in Rig Veda (arguably, the oldest of Indian scriptures) states:  

There was neither non-existence nor existence then. 
There was neither the realm of space nor the sky which is beyond. 
What stirred? 
Where? 
In whose protection? 
Was there water, bottomlessly deep?

There was neither death nor immortality then. 
There was no distinguishing sign of night nor of day. 
That One breathed, windless, by its own impulse. 
Other than that there was nothing beyond.

Darkness was hidden by darkness in the beginning, 
with no distinguishing sign, all this was water. 
The life force that was covered with emptiness, 
that One arose through the power of heat.

Desire came upon that One in the beginning, 
that was the first seed of mind. 
Poets seeking in their heart with wisdom 
found the bond of existence and non-existence.

Their cord was extended across. 
Was there below? 
Was there above? 
There were seed-placers, there were powers. 
There was impulse beneath, there was giving forth above.

Who really knows? 
Who will here proclaim it? 
Whence was it produced? 
Whence is this creation? 
The gods came afterwards, with the creation of this universe. 
Who then knows whence it has arisen?

Whence this creation has arisen
– perhaps it formed itself, or perhaps it did not –
the One who looks down on it, 
in the highest heaven, only He knows 
or perhaps He does not know.

The word "science" means knowledge and has its origins in Latin. Religion, on the other hand, is a set of beliefs that connect to the supreme. If there is a supreme entity, our knowledge (science) is limited to know the exact nature of the divine. What is infinity? Isn’t it something similar to the supreme entity whose exactness transcends our knowledge (science)?

Any amount of debate over the issue is futile in the present state of science. However, our knowledge is continually increasing, and so is our understanding of the universe. Religion and science will converge when our knowledge will reach its apex. Is this consummation often known as nirvana or salvation or enlightenment?

For those who are interested in further reading:

http://www.phy.syr.edu/courses/modules/ORIGINS/origins.html

http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks/Evolution.html