ZIZ010 Materialism and Theology (2007)
Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings
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The Paradox of Modern Science
The pope's remarks obfuscate the key role of Christian theology in the birth of modern science. What paved the way for modern science was precisely the voluptarist idea that God is not bound by any eternal rational truths, he says. Facts can be sustained as meaningless only if they are secretly sustained by an arbitrary divine will, writes Pope Francis.
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