Abstract
Science has performed many wonders. One only has to mention such expressions as "genetic code" or "moon rock" to evoke a significant degree of admiration. On the other hand, the general decline in respect for science and the increasing demand on the part of the general public for alternative explanations to the general theory of evolution suggest a general dissatisfaction with purely "scientific" explanations. This dissatisfaction may lie more with purely naturalistic explanations, which exclude the supernatural, than with the scientific process itself which, at least in the past, did not necessarily exclude the supernatural. The recent increase in literature emphasizing supernatural explanations further reflects this concern. Many individuals object to being reduced to simple machines and to having their origin explained as being the result of mere accidents of naturalistic phenomena.