35279Y231 It is customary to portray the history
Q&@
OF MODERNITY
AS A STRUGGLE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION?
In theory, both science & religion are interested above all in the truth,
and because each upholds a different truth, they are doomed to clash!
In fact, neither science nor religion cares thàt mùch about the truth, hence they can easily
compromise, coexist & even cooperate. Religion is interested above all in order? It aims to create &
maintain the social structure! Science is interested above all in power? Through research it aims to acquire
the power to cure all diseases, fight its wars and above àll produce fóód! As individuals, scientists & priests
may give immense importance to the truth; but as collective institutions, science & religion prefer òrder ànd
pówer over truth... They therefore make good bedfellows!!! The uncompromising quest for truth is a spiritual
journey, which can seldom remain within the confines of either religious or scientific establishments?! It would
accordingly be far more accurate to view modern history as the process of formulating a deal between science &
one particular religion - namely, humanism. Modern society believes in humanist dogmas, & uses science not
in order to question these dogmas, but rather in order to implement them. In the 21st century the humanist
dogmas are unlikely to be replaced by pure scientific theories. However, the covenant linking science and
humanism may well crumble & give way to a very different kind of deal, between science & some post-
humanist religion. We will dedicate the next two parts to understanding the modern covenant
between science and humanism: the final & third part
will then try to explain why this
covenant is disintegrating, ànd
what new deal
might replace
it?
AS A STRUGGLE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION?
In theory, both science & religion are interested above all in the truth,
and because each upholds a different truth, they are doomed to clash!
In fact, neither science nor religion cares thàt mùch about the truth, hence they can easily
compromise, coexist & even cooperate. Religion is interested above all in order? It aims to create &
maintain the social structure! Science is interested above all in power? Through research it aims to acquire
the power to cure all diseases, fight its wars and above àll produce fóód! As individuals, scientists & priests
may give immense importance to the truth; but as collective institutions, science & religion prefer òrder ànd
pówer over truth... They therefore make good bedfellows!!! The uncompromising quest for truth is a spiritual
journey, which can seldom remain within the confines of either religious or scientific establishments?! It would
accordingly be far more accurate to view modern history as the process of formulating a deal between science &
one particular religion - namely, humanism. Modern society believes in humanist dogmas, & uses science not
in order to question these dogmas, but rather in order to implement them. In the 21st century the humanist
dogmas are unlikely to be replaced by pure scientific theories. However, the covenant linking science and
humanism may well crumble & give way to a very different kind of deal, between science & some post-
humanist religion. We will dedicate the next two parts to understanding the modern covenant
between science and humanism: the final & third part
will then try to explain why this
covenant is disintegrating, ànd
what new deal
might replace
it?
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