Karl Popper's epistemolgy and metaphysics are applied to evaluating religious knowledge

What is it about?

Religious doctrines, or statements, may be true or false. How we do this depends on the nature of the statement. With respect to scientific statements, Popper offered a taxonomy of statements and showed how each kind must be evaluated. I discuss how his method can be applied to religious statements. I do this while asserting, as Popper did, that the non-material world comprised of what we think about and experience is just as real as the material world.

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Why is it important?

Discussions of religious doctrines are hampered by at least two prevalent prejudices. First, that religious doctrines should not be questioned. Secondly, that the world is comprised of only material bodies and the forces acting between them. Both views are obscurantist. Our mutual well-being requires a more rational and open approach to questions of religion and its place in our lives.

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