The God idea is growing more impersonal and nebulous in proportion as the human mind is learning to understand natural phenomena and in the degree that science progressively correlates human and social events.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Goldman observes that belief in a personal God diminishes as science explains natural phenomena and social events.
- In plain terms
- People rely less on God as science explains the world.
- What can you take from it?
- Science often replaces traditional religious views.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does science eliminate the need for God?
- How do beliefs change over time?
Another view
Many people hold both scientific and religious beliefs.
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