Science Discovers Eternal Wisdom

Author(s): Amarendravijay, J D Lodaya, Bhuvanchandra
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Academy

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fertilization of the egg in the Fallopian tube of the mother just as in natural process. Further stages of foetal growth and birth of the baby follow the natural course of events in both processes identically.
By applying its hypothesis of genesis of life, has science succeeded in creating even a single petal of a flower in actual fact ? On the other hand, even a tiny seed with dormant potential for germination can grow into a giant banyan tree or can create fragrance, colour and beauty in a flower. For an example of superb artistry and creativity of life, one needs only to look at a tiny lotus -seed spring up from murky, stinking mud into a blooming lotus spreading it's fragrance. As against that, science cannot grow even the most primitive form of vegetative life without the help of a 'live' seed. It cannot duplicate even a lifeless carcass of a cell, leave aside creating a living one.
Now, if the physical structure of simple vegetative forms of life also cannot be created by mere chemical interaction, where is the question of generating life by chemical synthesis ?
Let us for the time being assume hypothetically that science did succeed in building a cell-structure and life began to throb in it. What does it prove ? Only, that suitable environmental conditions for manifestation of life could be engineered in the form of a plasmic substratum or a physical matrix. In other words, a suitable habitat or a viable framework could be erected to house the spirit that may abide in it as a visiting guest ; that certainly does not permit science to usurp upon its naive shoulders the mantle of creator of life.
Consciousness, the cosmic traveller :
Despite its hard struggle, science has not succeeded in creating a cell—the simplest form of abode for life to throb or dwell in. Yet, the protagonists of bio-sciences, as a final