What Is a Subtraction Theory?

Charles taylor says that most secular people tell a subtraction story. What they mean is they say, i used to believe in god, but then i just took away belief in god and the supernatural. I subtracted it out, and now i just see things with the clear eye of reason. Soinow: If you're a secular person, secularism is not the absence of belief,. It's a new set of beliefs, which are just as unprovable as other religious beliefs.