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Many of the greatest technological advancements were developed for warfare. This is still the case today (internet, microwaves, etc). The Greeks were the first civilization I can recall that demonstrated a real interest in discovering scientific principles out of curiosity. What non-scientific purpose was there in calculating the circumference of the earth or determining that the earth revolved around the sun? This knowledge was lost for about 2,000 years and the advances in the past 500 years eclipse the advances in the previous 5,000 years. Let me put it this way: assuming we don't self-destruct, how far will science and technology be 2,000 years from now? Had we not taken a 2,000 year hiatus, that's where we would be now. -Mike... |
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The way i look at it, religion has held back science the most out of any field of study. I think that our present civilization would be hundreds of years ahead than it is now today if it weren't for religion. A few of the examples that come to mind are Copernicus and Galileo.
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People can clearly be good or bad and be religious. That would indicate to me that religion is not a determining factor in whether or not someone is good or bad. They are good or bad for other reasons, and they bring that to their religion.
IMO, religion is a forum wherein people are discouraged from critically examining moral choices and encouraged to rely on the judgement of authority figures. This is why I believe people in general would be morally better off without religion muddying the waters. Jamie |
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not much different than it is today.
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Wouldn't the religious disapproval of promiscuous sex have been replaced with a "social" disapproval of promiscuous sex? Even if STDs weren't technically understood, the effects would have been observed and a link between disease and promiscuity would have been detected. Seems like an attribution of too much rationality -- I think that there might be some psychological quirk behind hostility to perceived indiscriminate sex. It may be something like the way we like love affairs for ourselves, but not for our partners. |
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