ufo contact pulses come from the animal's gland- ions are wholly automatic. The make-up of an animal allows no room for freedom of choice, searching curiosity or doubt or conflict between impulses and ethical standards. An animal knows nothing of that called conscience, which tells us what is right and what is wrong. Only Mankind is equipped with the conflicts which arise, because it is created in God's Image. And only Mankind is equipped with a soul which enables it to master the problems caused by these conflicts. Today, thousands of scientists are at work on the most momentous task Mankind has ever faced: an attempt to understand a physical Universe which is unending in time and space, complicated in its detail and impressive in its orderliness, and to understand its origin and how it functions. It is no longer a sufficient explanation of the aims of science to say that it seeks to find the physical laws which govern the Universe and increase Man- kind's control over it, because science's field of endeavour has increased in size. The aims of science are collective experiences, observations and the setting of certain goals at which to aim. From these the scientist tries to make a model of time, proportions and cause. When new

altered where the new knowledge points to an alter- ation. By reason of the fact that the scientist is willing to alter his model of the Universe, he shows that he does not demand to know the final truth. His scientific laws are at most only re-writings of the observations he has made. The laws of science do not control the reality but attempts only to explain it. Therefore the laws can be altered when one attains new knowledge.

NEW AIMS. The tasks which science sets itself are never-end- ing. For truth is no static concept. For every new answer arrived at, a dozen new concepts come into view. Science stands before new frontiers in many fields of endeavour: the nucleus of the atom becomes more and more enigmatic - the origin and composition of the Universe is still shrouded in mystery - the inner

explanation. Science's Golden Age lies ahead of us. The scientist works in an atmosphere where doubt is an accepted fact of life and exaggerated ortho- doxy taboo. Thomas Huxley says of the scientist: "For him scepticism is a first duty and blind faith an unforgivable sin". A result of scientific progress is that traditions, which are the buttresses of faith, have been swept aside. The sciences have therefore often collided. And yet it is one of the tragedies of our time that science and religion have become adversaries. Because to achieve a sol- ution of the conflict it has been tempting to adopt a policy of peaceful co-existence, to divide our ex- 131 periences into two different areas, to give science control over the one and religion control over the other. Let science explore the physical world, whilst religion takes care of the other, people say. When science has reached its limits, then religion can take over and explain that which allows of no explanation. This is a fateful step to take. To separate the two worlds could only be done if scientists were not Christians and no Christians were scientists. But science and religion do not reign over two separate kingdoms.

INVISIBLE. It is not possible to build a wall between religion and science. Gradually, as science is enabled to ex- plore the Universe it comes into areas which were previously unknown or only accepted on a basis of faith. Every new experience - physical or spiritual - must

ing. It is Mankind that explores the Universe, exper- iments, and seeks for the truth. It is not just a detail, it takes part itself in the process of creation. Man- kind itself is the greatest result of the Creation. The fact that more and more of the wonders of Creation are being disclosed is of direct concern to Mankind. Science and religion can be compared with two windows in a house, through which we can observe the world around us or our neighbours. (There are other windows to be found in the house: Art, Lite- rature and History). Whatever we may see through the windows of this imaginary house, it must fit in with the model we have of the Universe and our place in it. Where it does not fit, we must alter the model, alter our aim and try to increase our ability to under- stand the Creation. In our modern society it would appear that many people think that the advances made by science have caused such things as religious belief to be- come out-of-place and old-fashioned. They cannot understand why we should "believe" in something, when science can tell us that we "know" so much. The simple answer to this assertion is that we are aware of more of nature's mysteries today than people were before the advent of scientific research. There is absolutely no reason to believe that God cannot retain His place in our modern times in the same way as before we began to examine His Crea- tion with telescope and ion-accelerators. Even though science is no religion, it is, by nature of its assumptions, its application and its search for the truth, a religious function. The Creator reveals Himself through His Creations. As Charles A. Coul- son says: "Science helps us to create a picture of God". We must remember that science only exists because there are people, and its concepts exist only in people's understanding. Behind these con- cepts lies reality, which God can reveal to us.