In 1715 Isaac Watts wrote a Christian hymn beginning with this stanza:

Boulding does not say whether the sentiments expressed in his update are really his own, but his rendition expresses succinctly the worldview known as “scientific naturalism.” This is the belief that nature is all there is and that science alone can make sense of it. Some scientific naturalists are willing to keep singing the old hymns. Even though the lyrics no longer ring true, they still warm the heart. Others, however, insist that it is time to stop singing them altogether. There can be no harmonizing of Watts' stanza with Boulding's. Nature is enough.

Is it time then to resign ourselves to this claim? In the following pages I intend to argue that there is no good reason to do so and that in fact the belief that nature is all there is cannot be justified experientially, logically or scientifically. In developing my response I shall be addressing fundamental issues in the dialogue of science with religion.