He starts from a naturalistic concept of the cosmos in which there are no interventions of supernatural creatures (e.g. gods, demons, witches or goblins) in world events by way of miracles.
The concept can be traced to the work of Julian Huxley, the first UNESCO Director General and a major contributor to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The introduction says that humanity would live in an age of asynchrony: "While technologically we are firmly in the 21st century, our world views are still characterized by ancient legends which are thousands of years old.
In a decision of the Higher Administrative Court of Bavaria, the cardinal was found to have violated the duty of truthfulness and due diligence, and was charged to pay the legal fees of Schmidt-Salomon.
[14] The Institute for Research on Religious and Ideological Issues (EZW) of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) criticized that in the manifesto God would be psychologized in a way that would form a mirror-image of the creationist slogan of the "intelligent designer".