Аннотация:The article tries to revive the traditions of neptunizm. The neptunist Cuvier believed that«the fossil is the key to the past. The past is characterized by a radical break with the present,perhaps it even proceeded according to another physical laws. This is evidenced by thefossils. With the modern action of physical forces, all the deceased remnants decompose.Fossils could have formed during catastrophically rapid burial with reliable isolation fromoxygen. The present is the key to the past according to the lawyer Lyell. The past is likethe present. It contains an incredible amount of time and years. All processes were goingwith the same energy as they do now and were not overshadowed by any gigantic disaster.Lyell’s statements entered science under the name of the principle of actualism. He gave aparadigmal form not only to the earth sciences, but to all of science, and formed the basisof the evolutionary doctrine. The fundamental dogma of randomness of both natural andall historical processes is the basis of modern scientific ideology. This randomness has nopurpose and cannot have. Nevertheless, paradoxically, it predetermines the evolutionaryprogress of all things. With the appearance of the anthropic principle the teleologismregains its completeness and direction. The anthropic principle is teleological. Since theentire Universe and the biosphere are attuned to human nature, the more such attunementcan be expected from earthly nature. There are opportunities for harmonizing human withnatural landscapes for health-improving purposes. Nothing was known about the subtlestadjustment of the Universe for humans, or about the incredible complexity of the biosphereeven 50-70 years ago. The universe could be explained by evolution and actualism. Thediscovered incredible complexity of the world brings religion and science closer together.A catastrophic and probably anti-random picture of the planet’s history is emerging moreand more clear. In this light, the power of science is seen again not in confrontation withreligion, but in harmonization with it.