Science aims for the most economical way of speaking of the world, v the rich metaphorical language of religion

 It  when this relational reality (object/subect) s reduced to its derivatives that religious language is changed from mythical to referential discourse. In the case of science, Oliver argues that science aims for the most economical way of speaking of the world, versus the rich metaphorical language of religion

Ultimately, though, religion and science are about the same domain of human experience. Oliver then considers the question of science, religion, and truth. He cautions against saying that certain scientific theories may be “true,” arguing that it is preferable to consider that well-established scientific theories add to our experience of reality.

In the case of religion, Oliver cautions even more strongly against the subject-object notion of truth, in which it is seen to refer to the independent existence of an object; religious “truth,” rather, is a realization or experience of relational reality