If Naturalism Can Explain Religion, Why Does It Get So Many Basic Facts Wrong?

Naturalism, the idea that nature is all there is, has no shortage of theories seeking to explain religion. However, I would like to observe a simple fact: Most of what naturalism tells us about the practical effects of those religions most studied today is wrong, at least with respect to science.

This should come as no great surprise. Incosmology, naturalism ends in a campaign againstfalsifiability.In studies of the origin of life, it ends in"if only"chemistry that ignores the huge informati...