Miracles & "Scientism" One of the toxic and false ideas of our age might be called scientism, the idea that science is the only path to truth. One online definition of “science” is, “the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained.” The earlier, classic definition of “science” was “knowledge of any kind,” meaning, of course, human knowledge. Is human knowledge the only path to truth? To knowing “what is”? (The best definition of “truth.”) Is, “systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world,” the only path to truth? Even if we don’t understand everything about a cell, an atom, and how the universe works today, might we someday expect human science to figure it all out? No. Why ...