RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND SCIENTIFIC WELTANSCHAUUNGEN
Keywords:
Religious Belief, Scientific Theories, Scientific Weltanschauungen, Verificationism, DeterminismAbstract
The dogma persists that the Hebraic-Christian religion conflicts with science and that science alone comprises a rational basis for understanding reality. What is so disarming about recent forms of this dogma, is that a scientific world view or Weltanschauung is concealed with ostensive tolerance for the truth or meaningfulness of religious discourse. My goal is to expose and refute such dogma in several ways.
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