Religion belongs to the unknowable; science deals with the knowable, which is the manifestation of the unknowable.
Victoria C. Woodhull: “Religion belongs to the unknowable; science deals with the knowable, which is the manifestation of the unknowable.”
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Woodhull contrasts religion and science, highlighting their different realms of understanding.
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