Within the scientific skeleton of truth, religious meaning attempts to flourish, often by denying the scientific framework itself - rather like sawing off the branch where you cheerily perch. The disgust is mutual because modern science gleefully denies virtually all the basic tenets of religion in general. According to the typical view of modern science, religion is not much more than a holdover from the childhood of humanity, with about as much reality as, say, Santa Claus. Whether the religious claims are more literal (Moses parting the Red Sea) or more mystical (religion invovlves direct spiritual experience) modern science denies them all, simply because there is no credible empirical evidence for any of them.

These two enormous forces - truth and meaning - are at war in today's world. ...And something sooner or later has to give.

This is a massive and violent schism and rupture in the internal organs of today's global culture and this is exactly why many social analysts believe that if …

There is arguably no more important and pressing topic than the relation of science and religion in the modern world. Science is clearly one of the most profou…

There is arguably no more important and pressing topic than the relation of science and religion in the modern world. Science is clearly one of the most profou…

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their m…

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