Science and religion always opposing, and it is the controversial and race between fact and
faith in hundred of years without ending. Arthur C Clarke shows everything would happen
to us and wants us to see it in his book, The Star when the narrator, Jesuit, the chief
astrophysicist of the ship who has conflict and struggles his religious beliefs with his
scientific knowledge. The story is the journal of Jesuit and his crew travels thousand of
light years to discover the mysterious explosion of Phoenix Nebula, later it turning to be
the affection to him and his crew. This dramatically leads him to question himself, and his
faith.
Since the crew success reaches the Phoenix Nebula, and astrophysicist begins to explain
that the Phoenix Nebula is a nebula remains of the supernova. They realized that the small
planet must have been in orbit of Pluto. The civilization knew it would happen, so it left on
the vault the evidence that was destroyed by the supernova. It wiped out the civilization
when exploded as seen as the Star of Bethlehem, and it visible on Earth thousand of years
ago, which recorded in the Bible and history.
Moreover, it brings us to the end of the entire race, and it also answers the controversial
question in the bible. As Jesuit believes God destroyed the star, Phoenix Nebula as he
created the Universe. God can do as he pleases, he does not have to justify his action to the