For example, Darwin was unfamiliar with the work of the Moravian scientist and scientific materialism, but in the United Kingdom the term has no negative connotations, being freely used as a shorthand for the body of theory dealing with evolution, and in particular, with evolution by natural selection.
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In December 1971, the'Philosophic Society of the USSR'was founded with the aim ( rather than pursuing truth ) of,'an untiring atheistic propaganda of scientific materialism and . . . struggle against the revisionist tolerant tendencies towards religion, against all concessions to the religious Weltanschauung.
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The CSC lobbies aggressively to policymakers for wider acceptance of intelligent design and against the theory of evolution and what it terms " scientific materialism . " To that end, the CSC works to advance a policy it terms the Wedge strategy, of which the " Teach the Controversy " campaign is a major component.
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In 1925, the Party established the Soviet League of the Militant Godless ( or, Militant Atheists ) to organize a systematic program against religion . . . . The League of the Militant Godless was conceived as an association of volunteers who were committed to promoting " scientific materialism " through eductional activities like lectures, reading circles, and promotional materials.
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It's listed on the Creationism sidebar Template : Creationism2; it's been ruled by a court as creationism ( see Kitzmiller v . Dover Area School District ) and the Discovery Institute that " all of [ intelligent design's ] leading proponents are affiliated with " ( Intelligent Design, first paragraph ) produced a document stating that their goal was " [ t ] o defeat scientific materialism and its destructive moral, cultural and political legacies . "-- Prosfilaes 13 : 28, 3 December 2006 ( UTC)
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Faith is the substance, the assurance of things hoped for, because it is the evidence of things not seen . " Malcolm Warner, curator of the Yale Center for British Art, interpreted the work differently, writing in 1996 that " the quiet sound of the lyre's single string is all that is left of the full music of religious faith; those who still listen are blindfolded in the sense that, even if real reasons for Hope exist, they cannot see them; Hope remains a virtue, but in the age of scientific materialism a weak and ambiguous one ".
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By contrast, the journal of popular science " Automates intelligents " praised the book, saying it " reads like a novel . ( . . . ) In a very pleasing style, it takes on every aspect of the blindness and human evil produced by religions . ( . . . ) However, the journal also said : " It can be reproached to having limited to a critique of religion ( . . . ), but to have offered nothing concrete to the spirits who are in search of an alternative adaptated to our times . " " Scientific analysis of the belief " is missing . " We would have also appreciated that Michel Onfray mentions many modern scientists who honor the scientific materialism and atheism ."
