[nosofar]

After him and into the 20th century, the post-Christian rationalists created ideologies immune to empirical inspection yet without the goodness of Christian virtue.

Modern Secularist Religion.

[WOSG]

"After him and into the 20th century, the post-Christian rationalists created ideologies immune to empirical inspection yet without the goodness of Christian virtue."

Modern Secularist Religion."

Yes, an apt description for Marxism and Freudian psychology - both violate heavily the "verifiability" principle of the scientists and empiricists. IOW, they can be considered nonsense scientifically; yet they pose 'scientific' to hold a place above mere religious-style postulates.