Sorokin predicted this leveling as an upshot of sensate culture, which wants to rid itself of religious notions of human nature and destiny. (firstthings.com)
What it boils down to is, whenever we have a choice between what science has taught us and what we WISH was the case, based on our preconceived religious notions, the latter have to give way. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
But we needn't go that far to recognize that the inseparability of speculative discourse and concrete conduct is a fundamentally religious notion. (firstthings.com)