Naturalism and Religion

Chapter 2

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How the Religious and the Naturalistic Outlooks Conflict. Mystery : Dependence : Purpose. The Mystery of Existence Remains Unexplained. Evolution and New Beginnings. The Dependence of the Order of Nature. The “Contingency” of the World. The Real World. The Antimony of Our Conception of Time. The Antimony of the Conditioned and the Unconditioned. The Antimony of Our Conception of Space. The Recognition of Purpose. Teleological and Scientific Interpretations are Alike Necessary.