When we talk of belief, we generally take into account only two categories. Let us accommodate a third party in the believer and non-believer dilemma – the agnostics, the “I don’t know” category. Although this classification does not simplify the matter, this makes things more comprehensive. How does an agnostic view the world? Unlike a believer, agnostics will possibly be not misled by illusions. Unlike a non-believer, agnostics are not prejudiced to prove a “vision” as a delusion, if there is any. This is apparently the correct frame of mind to see things as they are in reality.

For easier analysis, though not strictly correct, interaction between science and religion can be viewed as that which exists between believer and non-believer. It is not that scientists don’t have any beliefs. They do! They believe in evolution, just as religious people believe in creation of beings by God. Religious people are more reluctant to make compromises with their beliefs than scientists.

Whatever was inexplicable scientifically, religious people used the name of God to explain it. Growth in scientific knowledge has explained away many mysteries. One instance is that of planetary motion. When Johannes Kepler explained the laws of planetary motion, he said that he did not feel the need of God to explain it. In this way one role ascribed to God till then was taken away from his realm.

Now the question is whether “everything” will be explained some day thereby obliterating the need for any God for the atheists and the agnostics at least. Will we stumble upon God while trying to fill the gaps of our ignorance? Some scientists talk about “God particles” (Higg’s boson), trying to make everyone happy! The God particle is supposed to give the quality of mass to fundamental particles (that makes up the quarks, which in turn makes up the protons, neutrons etc.). In this way God particle makes things “exist”. There is a plan to run a huge cyclotron in Europe which will make sub-atomic particles traveling at near about the speed of light collide. And scientists will look for the God particles, which might appear for fractions of a second. This will also supposedly help in explaining or proving the existence of only one force behind every observable force. At present science does “not explain” force of gravity and electromagnetic force as emanating from single source, though many scientists, including Albert Einstein, believe it to be so. String theory is considered the most suitable candidate that may explain the unified field theory. According to this, every force is ultimately “made up” of certain “particle” (string). How a thing becomes existent (acquires mass) and the source of all forces of nature will be explained. The noose is certainly closing in, but will it tie in the truth, or uncertainty will remain just like the Heisenberg’s uncertainty of science. Hold your breath and wait ….