| − | '''Scientism''' is the false and primarily [[atheism|atheistic]] belief that the [[scientific method]] has no (or few) limits and can successfully be applied to virtually all aspects of life, and provides an explanation for everything. Often circular in its fallacious reasoning, scientism is essentially a [[religion]] dating back to the early 1800s, whereby its followers (pseudo-scientists) worship rituals of [[science]] and preordained results.<ref>Ashgate Science and Religion Series</ref> It is hostile to [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]], and pretends that moral philosophy, the [[Bible]], and all sources other than narrow atheistic science are not credible sources of knowledge. True science explores the world with unbiased experimentation, while scientism is a biased approach that seeks confirmation of preconceived [[atheism|atheistic]] or [[socialist]] notions. [[Liberal]] public health bureaucrats tend to believe in scientism, at the expense of [[freedom]]. | + | '''Scientism''' is the false and primarily [[atheism|atheistic]] belief that the [[scientific method]] has no limits and can be successfully applied to virtually all aspects of life. Often circular in its fallacious reasoning, scientism is essentially a [[religion]] dating back to the early 1800s, whereby its followers (pseudo-scientists) worship rituals of [[science]] and preordained results.<ref>Ashgate Science and Religion Series</ref> It is hostile to [[Biblical scientific foreknowledge]], and pretends that moral philosophy, the [[Bible]], and all sources other than narrow atheistic science are not credible sources of knowledge. True science explores the world with unbiased experimentation, while scientism is a biased approach that seeks confirmation of preconceived [[atheism|atheistic]] or [[socialist]] notions. [[Liberal]] public health bureaucrats tend to believe in scientism, at the expense of [[freedom]]. |
| | Strict scientism as a worldview is self-refuting since the scientism cannot be proven to be true through science.<ref>[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/is-scientism-self-refuting Is scientism self-refuting] by William Lane Craig</ref> For other significant problems with scientism as far as its unworkability, please see [[William Lane Craig]]'s commentary on scientism entitled [http://www.reasonablefaith.org/is-scientism-self-refuting Is scientism self-refuting]. | | Strict scientism as a worldview is self-refuting since the scientism cannot be proven to be true through science.<ref>[http://www.reasonablefaith.org/is-scientism-self-refuting Is scientism self-refuting] by William Lane Craig</ref> For other significant problems with scientism as far as its unworkability, please see [[William Lane Craig]]'s commentary on scientism entitled [http://www.reasonablefaith.org/is-scientism-self-refuting Is scientism self-refuting]. |