heavenly journeys and visions in apocryphal texts. While believers see his rapture as a divine revelation, symbolic interpretations offer deeper spiritual insights. But what if Enoch’s visions were not religious revelations but accounts of extraterrestrial encounters? From ancient myths to modern speculations—Enoch’s story remains mysterious, offering room for a wide range of interpretations.
Does science contradict religion or complement it? With each new discovery, the boundary of the unknown shifts. The role of religion seems to shrink as science advances further. Is this a natural progression, or will humanity one day find that there are questions even science cannot answer?
Religious criticism has evolved from early attempts in antiquity, through profound philosophical debates in the Enlightenment, to radical socio-critical and psychological analyses in the 19th and 20th centuries. Critics like Deschner and Ibn Warraq have expanded the debate to Christianity and Islam, while the New Atheist movement challenges the role of religion in a scientifically oriented world. This development shows the increasing willingness to treat religious beliefs as subjects of rational and ethical criticism.