The assumption that the laws of nature are eternal is a vestige of the Christian belief system that informed the early postulates of modern science in the seventeenth century. Perhaps the laws of nature have actually evolved along with nature itself, and perhaps they are still evolving. Or perhaps they are not laws at all, but more like habits.

If there is no randomness in the universe, then what do we mean by chaos?

Matter is merely mind deadened by the development of habit to the point where the breaking up of these habits is very difficult.

So there’s a kind of resurgence of the sense of freedom and spontaneity in nature. From nature being bound into a rigid, deterministic model, freedom, spontaneity and openness are emerging once again. It’s now recognized the future is open, not determined by the past. And this is true in many realms, the astronomical realm, the human realm, the meteorological realm in many ways.

I still say the Lord's Prayer every day. It covers a lot of ground in our relation to the world.

In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings.

The facts of science are real enough, and so are the techniques that scientists use, and so are the technologies based on them. But the belief system that governs conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith.