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What does it mean?
He predicts that science will cleanse religion of superstition, leading to a purified understanding.
In plain terms
Science will remove superstitions from religion.
What can you take from it?
Science will reform religious belief.

Where it applies

  • intellectual debate
  • education reform

Putting it to work

  • promote scientific literacy
  • criticize superstition

Questions to consider

  • Can science fully eliminate superstition?
  • What might be lost in the process?

Another view

Assumes religion and science are mutually exclusive, which is contested.

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