God is Science

(Written here are my personal beliefs; I respect all people of all religions and seek no debate for I don't believe religion is debatable.  As long as what you hold true brings you peace, allow others the same peace.)

I believe in "God".  Not God as defined by any one religious doctrine in particular, but a general, powerful presence that watches and is probably delighted by the social ineptitude he bestowed upon me, coupled with the social butterfly tendencies of my eldest progeny.  But I'll save that for another day.

I believe in destiny, no coincidences, meant to be.

At the same time, I am a lover of science.  Apparently, the way I'm told, this is an extreme juxtaposition of thoughts/ideas and is impossible.

I disagree.

How can one listen to the story of the big bang, something created from nothing, a universe of majestic proportions from what was in the beginning the size of an atom, and not see God?

Oops.  Wrong Big Bang.  But then, how could a godless world come up with such an awesome show?

How can one learn about the delicate checks and balances that keep the human body running at optimal levels, the intricate and minute details without which we would never survive, and not see God?

How can one understand that the creation of gravity in the absolute perfect amount was integral in holding together the elements and molecules and stars and galaxies, and not see God?

How could a mother look at her children, consider the one in a million chance to be granted with that particular being in front of her, the process involved with bringing said child into the world, and not see God?

How can we love someone so deeply and completely, be so wrapped up in the well being of another person, so grateful to have been given that person, to have met him or her, so scared of death that will part us, and not see God?

How can one understand the fragile balances between the ecosystems and humanity, the effect we have on the world around us and the effect of the world on us individually and as a whole, and not see God?

That out of all the statistical improbabilities of the ability for human life to evolve on a rock that somehow garnered just the right conditions to sustain it, here you are, and here are your children, your spouse, your love, your parents, siblings and friends, staring back at the miraculously perfect world, and not know that God is there?

If you only glance at the surface, it's easy to miss.

God is quantum mechanics.
God is gestation.
God is recreating broken pathways in a damaged brain.
God is physics at work in every tissue of your body.
God is macrocosm.
And microcosm.
God is covalent bonds.
And ionic bonds.
And the entire periodic table.
I'm convinced E=MC^2 has implications in the possibility of a soul.
God is the breathlessness you feel when you try to take it all in.

God is in the details.
"God" is science.  Science is "God".