Good Morning, Charles. Good Night, God.

What could be a better day to begin a science blog than on Darwin Day.

Yes folks, today marks the 198th birthday of the grand daddy of Natural Selection. The very name Darwin still ignites excitement in the hearts of many, scientists and religious folk alike, but for very different reasons.

To be honest, I am a bit disgusted at the use of religion as a political weapon but by the same token, I can't agree with people using science to argue with religious institutions. You can find any number of blogs praising evolution and Darwin and in the same breath having utmost contempt for religion.

Perhaps the thing I find most ironic of it all is: Dogmatic religious attitudes are condemned by most of the science establishment, yet their convinction of Darwin and their contempt for religion is in itself dogmatic.

This is my favourite quote about relgion from a scientist:
Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and spritual; and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. -Albert Einstein

That, in short, is what it's all about. I hope to develop this blog into a home for my thoughts and observations on the exciting aspects of my scientific life as well as highlighting the inherent compatibility of science, nay life, with Buddhism. Not ever post will deal with both, or even either.