One way in which religion is more rational than science. It says simply “because” and offers no further reasons for submitting to its code. The arbitrariness of the content of God’s will coincides with a historical view. These habits, customs, names, and — even — reasons have no other ground than the demand to submit to them. In contrast, natural science insists that even first principles have a ground in nature. To hide the Ungrund, science has had to become exponentially more violent than religion, and more deceptive. No religion would dare propound theories of infinite progress, falsifiability, and natural truth, not to mention put so much stock in the accomplishments of the human mind. If a bloody religion arrives that uses the irresponsible techniques of science for its doctrinal ends, this is as much the fault of science as it is of religion. If, on the other hand, natural science begins to compel submission to its principles, the two will have collapsed into one another, and new religious wars will be the result. Are we not seeing this happen already?