Religion and Science

Contents Foreword...........................................................................................5 I Method of Argument .....................................................................7 Three Methods of Argument II The Views of Bertrand Russell....................................................18 Scepticism Impracticable The Impossibility of Direct Argument III The Mechanical Interpretation of the Universe.......................27 The Death of the Law of Causation The Caravan of Knowledge Towards Non-Mechanical Reality IV Religion and the Life Hereafter...................................................34 V Religion and Science.....................................................................40 The Explanation of the Universe Impossible without Belief in God Theory of Evolution Science Gives us but a Knowledge of Structure The Beginning of a New Age in Science VI The Man Science Failed to Discover .........................................54 An Analysis of Dr Carrel’s Ideas Material Knowledge Insufficient to Answer Life’s Questions VII The Religion of the Modern Age.................................................62 The Fruitlessness of Man’s Efforts to Develop Religion for Man