The end towards which this scientist pursues knowledge then becomes part of the mystery as well. Thus, science and theology converge on one edge of revelation of the real source and font of all knowledge. It all begins with reviewing what we do not know and cannot ever know. In this looping, the scientific method works largely in a sphere of rationality. Unlike the scientific method, the religious method loops largely within a non-rational sphere.
Mystery is already present, but what is lacking is empirical data.
When saints, sinners and everyday people begin to grasp the implications of the liturgy in their daily lives, they become motivated by their ethical considerations to perform works of justice. These works of justice are the empirical data of the religious method, and in a fashion that is complementary to the scientific method, the religious method starts in a non-rational sphere, and moves to the rational where faith propels works of justice. S cientific and religious methods then form a complementary pair of processes sharing a common boundary of creative power. It takes creative power to have scientific insight as well as ethical insight. In both methods, a community creates the meaning.