The character of Scientism
is often recognized when a scientist proposes a controversial
social theory, such as the genetic inferiority of certain "races."
While some claim that true and useful scientific discoveries were made
by Nazi scientists, most would reject their Scientism
stories of the inferiority and sub-humanness of the Jewish “race,”
and the proclaimed superiority of the Aryan Race. As with the atomic
bomb, the Nazi concentration camps reveal how powerful—and
deadly—Scientism can be.
The definition further states that,
Scientism sees it necessary to do away
with most, if not all,
metaphysical, philosophical, and religious claims,
as the truths they proclaim cannot be apprehended by the scientific
method.
In essence, scientism sees science as the absolute and only justifiable
access to the truth.
http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/
The significance here
for Earthfolk is the recognition that the Abrahamic tradition recognizes
a higher moral law and code, as articulated in the
Ten Commandments. When an Abrahamic
scientist, say, approaches an experiment, he might pause to
consider whether pursuing it violates any moral codes.
For example, there was a scientist who removed himself from the Manhattan
Project once he learned that its goal was the creation of the
atomic bomb. As a practicing Roman Catholic, his training
in Just War morality forbade him from creating a weapon
of mass destruction. Other Catholic scientists went forward with the
project, in effect shifting their allegiance from the
Abrahamic story to that of Scientism.
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