Religious beliefs were expedient in human existence, just as scientific beliefs were.

It conflicted with predominant religious, social and scientific beliefs.

The anatomical finding challenges scientific beliefs about the role of the thalamus in the persistent vegetative state, the new report says.

This was a significant claim because if true, it would mean that not everything revolved around Earth, shattering previously held theological and scientific belief.

That's been a cherished scientific belief since Newton.

So in that sense every scientific belief is "just a theory."

The term "dogmatic" can be used disparagingly to refer to any belief that is held stubbornly, including political and scientific beliefs.

She was beginning to substitute scientific belief for religious belief.

New patterns of differentiation were often sought with a view to the reintegration of scientific and religious belief.

This would not, however, prevent individual members of these early societies from holding distinctive views on the relationship between their scientific and religious beliefs.