I am writing about the similarities of science and spirituality, not the differences.
Science is a single word, but if you get into science, it has countless branches, divisions. Major branches we know are Physics, Chemistry, Biology. In biology, we divide as zoology and botany, and they are branching further. A botany scientist who is researching how cow dung is helping plants to grow, may not be interested in Quantum Computing. An astronaut may not be interested in pesticides.
But all branches of science exist and serve. One can not deny other. One may not be interested or not aware of other branches of science, but all come under science.
A scientist have fundamental knowledge of science and then focusing on specific area of interest or opportunity given. Scientist pursue his research in the interested field or opportunity provided. A scientist can not venture out in all the branches/divisions of science, one life span is not enough for that. A semi-conductor scientist can not be interested in molecular biology, but he/she can not reject molecular biology as fake or dump it. Molecular biology is true as same as semi-conductor.
At the same time, a botanist may have interest in chemistry, how? botanist will use pesticides/chemicals to grow plants.
A scientist can specialize in one division of science, or he/she can specialize in more than one divisions depending upon interest, time, resource, energy available to him/her.
But all branches of science is true, nothing is better or lower than other. All have same importance and serve the humanity on its own way.
And the more important thing is Science is still evolving.
Let us come to Spirituality now.
Spirituality is a single word, but branches out into may divisions, many religions, many practices, many visions. All are come under spirituality, but all are not same.
You follow Christianity, you may not be interested in other streams of spirituality, but you can not reject them as fake or false. You follow Islam, you may not aware of Buddhism or not interested in Buddhism, but you cannot reject Buddhism as fake or false.
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam, Christianity , Judaism, Sikhism, Saivam, Vainavam, Tantric worship, Siddhar practices, different school of thinking, different philosophies all come under one roof called Spirituality. Each serves it’s sect of people. One cannot deny other, one cannot reject other.
Like branches of science co-exists and continue to evolve, these branches of Spirituality have to co-exists and continue to evolve.
Like science, spirituality is evolving. Spirituality is not a thing of past. It is present and continue to evolve. As on date (year 2024) our contemporary spiritual leaders/gurus from various branches of spirituality are torch bearers of spiritual legacy evolved thousands of years ago. After their demise, some leader will born or evolve and carry forward the spiritual torch.
You can follow Islam and worship God/Allah alone. You can follow Hinduism and worship and gods of paganism. You can follow Abrahamic monotheism religions. You can follow naturally evolved paganism religions. All serve it’s people on its own way. Nothing is fake or false path. All comes under Spirituality, but all are not same.
Three people are living in India, Japan, and America. They are fat, they want to reduce the weight. They have to follow diet to reduce weight. American has to follow American food diet, Japanese has to follow Japanese food diet, Indian has to follow Indian food diet. Geographically where they are located, Geographically what foods available to them, in those foods, they have to follow diet. We cannot say Japanese diet is better or lower than Indian or American diet. We cannot say only American diet will reduce weight, other’s diet will fail. This is wrong. If each one is sincerely follow what diet is prescribed to them based what foods available to them geographically, that will reduce weight, and they will be able to achieve weight loss.
In the same way, what is the spiritual path is available to you depending on your living space, your parents, your geography, your interest, you can follow that. You cannot claim yours is best, and other are false. What is “prescribed” to you will work for you, and what is “prescribed” to others, will work them. Right or Wrong is false attachment.
Paganist religions worship angels, divine forces, small gods, and God. Monotheist religions worship only God, but they don’t deny the existence of angels, divine forces, small gods.
Both paganism and monotheism are valid. You can follow what is interested, appealing, or provided to you. Whatever you follow, don’t deny other. All are valid.
Like science, the branches of Spirituality serve humanity in it’s own way. All are valid, but all may not please everybody. Human will follow either what is accessible or interested or opportunity given to him/her and pursue his/her efforts in the specialized branch.
There are 800+ crore people are living in earth as on date. Not all are scientist. Not all are spiritual seekers. Out of 800 crores people, few are scientist, and few are spiritual seekers, Not All.
Not all can become a scientist, not all can become a Spiritual person. Only few, only few who are blessed to have interest in spirituality or blessed to have interest in science, blessed to practice spirituality, blessed to practice science.
Humans evolved science.
Humans evolved spirituality.
Science is nothing but logic. Spirituality is nothing but belief.
Logic makes wonders to humanity. Belief makes wonders to humanity.
Both science and spirituality offer many benefits to humanity.
But, both science and spirituality cannot grow hair in bald head as on date.
Period.