Open AccessReception of the future as a kind of religious experience and a way of transforming the consciousness of believers
Author(s) -
K.K. Nedzelsky
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2009.50.2035
Subject(s) - fanaticism , atheism , fantasy , consciousness , argument (complex analysis) , epistemology , relation (database) , closeness , philosophy , psychology , religious studies , sociology , political science , law , literature , politics , art , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , chemistry , mathematics , database , computer science
Not so long ago the definition of religion as "a reflection of reality in illusory-fantasy images, ideas, concepts" was perceived as one of the most important arguments of scientific atheism in its anti-religious struggle in the national religious studies. The closeness to the notion of "fantasy" and "fanaticism" (though completely incompatible with semantics) made this argument seem irresistible in the fight against religion, as any believer could fall under the murderous characterization of the category of "religious bigotry" it is in some way irreparably backward in comparison to a person with a developed scientific worldview.