The science of faith seems like a contradiction. After all, the idea of science and faith being linked would appear to be an impossible combination. While faith was a foundation of human culture in days gone by, science gradually became the prevailing element in the human belief system as science progressed.

Over the past few centuries, the number of miracles of our existence became less and less as science gradually learned the mechanics of our existence. The deeper we dove into the “how and why” of our world, the less mysterious it became and the less we needed religion or faith to explain things.

Over time, science began to replace faith. We no longer needed that mysterious, invisible, all-powerful force we labeled as “God,” to take the credit or the blame for how things were.

We knew about chemical reactions. We knew biology and how living things reproduced. We understood the forces of gravity and the orbits of the moon and planets. We understood evolution, erosion, and the forces of plate tectonics and volcanism. Year after year, we learned more and more.

As we probed for the answers relating to our own existence and the wide variety of living things, we discovered DNA and the chemical compounds that comprise that essential component of life.

Then it began to happen. We began to hit the wall.

Perhaps the best example lies within the search for the foundation of matter. As our science and tools progressed, we began to break down the elements of all matter. We found that matter could be broken down into molecules, and those molecules into atoms. We found that atoms were comprised of even smaller components such as electrons, neutrons, and protons. Eventually, we determined that even those components were constructed of even smaller bits.

At last, we come to the ultimate source of all matter. The smallest component has no physical structure because it is pure energy.

The study of living things hits a similar wall. While we might be able to identify the chemical processes that comprise the blueprint for living things, we have no explanation for how that recipe of chemical compounds becomes self-aware. And, once again, that awareness is pure energy.

This is where science and faith finally meet. If we apply logic and scientific analysis to the root question of our existence and the existence of all matter, we must conclude that the answers reside in a realm beyond human comprehension.

If we and all we survey are pure energy, then perhaps the incomprehensible answer is simply, all that exists is the result of the will of God.