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What is the relationship between the origin of life and the connection between science and religion?

Science uncovers the mechanics of life, while religion celebrates its mystery; one explores the mud, the other discovers the divine in the lotus.

— Osho
According to Osho, the origin-of-life question belongs to science’s “how”—a demystifying, reductive inquiry—whereas religion refuses the “how” and dives into living and celebrating the mystery. Science and religion are diametrical yet complementary opposites: science explores mud; mysticism discovers the divine in the lotus. Scientific answers won’t validate religion; they often erode it. Religion concerns transformation—love, celebration—not explanations.

Science asks how life began; religion asks how to live it fully—each does its own job and doesn’t prove the other.