As the centuries passed and our scientific understanding of the world and the wider universe developed, new scientific theories rendered some of these religious ideas obsolete. There are, though, still some areas where science simply cannot produce an explanation.

Scientific theory can explain concepts such as how gravity works or how vaccines help prevent the spread of disease. However, it can’t explain many other things, such as the purpose of life or why people hold onto hope.

But there’s still a lot that science doesn’t have an answer for. Scientific opinion has shifted from the universe being infinite to it having a beginning point. If it has a beginning, then something outside of the universe brought it into existence. Perhaps something divine.

The nature of the fundamental physical laws of the cosmos is very precise. Some feel that they’re too precise to have occurred by accident and instead point to some sort of intelligent design.

However, this isn’t a fundamental law of nature. A fundamental law of nature is the very core and base layer of everything that exists, and it cannot be proven by science.

Despite these opposing views, science can’t tell you how God came into existence. Even the Bible will tell you how God created the world, but it doesn’t tell you where God comes from, as he was always believed to exist.

And life in the truest, philosophical sense is all about consciousness. The concept of biocentrism takes a more spiritual view of existence that factors in consciousness and much of what religion might describe as the human soul.

But beyond this, we as a species also have a shared morality. We have ethics. Similar moral constructs crop up time and again in different cultures and civilizations totally independently of one another. Science cannot explain why the animal species we call humans have this fundamental, shared, complex moral code.

If this were true, then there would be no logic because that would mean testing everything before determining it to be true. But logic doesn’t need to be tested, as it is just something people naturally know about, such as taking care when using a knife to chop something so that you won’t hurt yourself.

The simplest way to do this is to pay attention to symmetry and color combinations. If you go against either of these two things, you won’t get an aesthetic result.

One such example is knowing that your partner loves you. You likely know this because they have told you in the past. As this is something you have experienced, it is the experiential truth and cannot be tested by science.

We still seek out and cling to things for materialistic or sentimental values. Science is far weaker at explaining these phenomena. Sentimentality in particular is something that is far better explained in the realm of spirituality.

Science cannot sufficiently explain the chemical evolutionary origins of complex DNA sequencing. If we stick with the software analogy, one explanation could be that it’s a purpose-built design tool for an intelligent designer to use to “program” life in the universe.

Beyond this, there are coincidental occurrences that stretch credulity. Scientific thinking holds that there is an underlying reason for why things happen, but scientific theory can fail to explain how some of these seemingly impossible coincidences or miracles occur. Instead, there might be the divine at play.

This is believed to come at a specific time in someone’s life, possibly when they are doubting their faith or going through a troubling life event, to let them know that God is there and is guiding them through it all.

But what about connections that aren’t about basic, animalistic survival? Why do we seek meaningful connections with others, a connection that has no survival benefit? Again, this is more about the spiritual meaning of what it is to be human rather than the scientific meaning.

These are often unexplainable situations, and no matter how much scientists try to develop theories about how they happen, they cannot do it. The only explanation can be God sending that person or object to you to change the trajectory of your life.

Scientists and the rest of humanity are humble and open to multiple explanations for things existing, leading to a sense of humility that their belief isn’t always the most prominent. Neither of these things can be explained scientifically — they’re just things that exist.

The limitations of the scientific definition of life mean that science also struggles to tackle what happens after death. The biological processes end, but what of the consciousness? Even science states that everything in existence must be conserved, so our “souls” must go somewhere.

Some scientific thinking navigates this by removing the idea of purpose entirely — there is no meaning to life, life simply is. Many scientists, however, do not accept this and continue their scientific explanation of the mysteries of the universe, holding a spiritual belief that there is some meaning to it all. A meaning they cannot define.

Many people want to know how to stop or find some release from suffering or sadness. Science cannot explain this, as some people intrinsically know how to get themselves out of this headspace.

Science is advancing constantly, and many things that were unexplainable a few years ago can now be explained by science. Even with these advancements, not everything is easily explainable.

While this is true in some cases, many scientists actually acknowledge that God exists and that there can be more than one explanation for something that happens. Sometimes, it’s science, sometimes it’s God, and sometimes, there are no explanations whatsoever.

But by the same token, the fact that science cannot explain something can be taken as proof that the explanation lies beyond the realm of science and exists in the spiritual. Furthermore, science can be great at providing explanations for the world around us but falls short of religion when it comes to giving meaning to everything.