Should we get rid of science? Should we stop teaching it and denounce those that study it?
Science produced the atomic bomb, the machine gun, biological weapons, missiles, bombs, napalm etc etc.
2006-12-29 16:13:41 · 15 answers · asked by republican 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Which is worse? A means or a motive?
2006-12-29 16:16:09 · update #1
How would you get rid of science? It is not a human construct, it is truth. Science did not bring forth the things you describe. If you believe that than nothing I say will matter to you.
2006-12-29 16:23:30 · answer #1 · answered by Griff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Good Idea! Lets get rid of SCIENCE in our country! Then we can all die of simple disease, like the flu or measles and all the other diseases that SCIENCE provided cures for a LOOONG LONG time ago. Not to mention CANCER or HIV/AIDS, DIABETES..... (I could go on for days)....that are killing us these days. No need to find a cure for AIDS, religion will save us.
HAHA GotCha!
I really hope this is a young child asking this question.... because I can not imagine that anyone who has an 8th grade education or above would state/ask something soooo unbelievably Ridiculous!
BUT just to answer your question, and set you straight, lil' buddy, I will let you know that SCIENCE HAS SAAAAVED OH SOOOOO MANY MORE LIVES THAN RELIGION HAS. In fact that's what science does, save lives. I don't see many people's lives being saved by religion....maybe there "afterlives" or whatever you want to call it, but not there lives here on earth.
So, while I commend your efforts to attempt to save the world, I do believe you will have to go another route. Good Luck. :)
2006-12-30 00:40:42 · answer #2 · answered by LaDyLuCk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are comparing not apples and oranges, but rather apples and transistors. (No, not Apple computers, either.)
The fact is, there is no one large corporate entity named "Science," and there is no one large corporate entity named "Religion." And they are not responsible for one another in some aggregate.
There are certainly scientists (or more accurately, engineers) who have worked on weapons. What connection does that have to anything you would label the responsibility of the world of science? And how do you compare it to whatever you are saying is "Religion?"
These vague generalities only serve to make the point that you cannot get any meaningful guidance out of "who has killed more people throughout history," let alone who has killed more people in a given period of time.
Because there is little point to a "body count" that puts all religions together, when in fact most murders committed in the name of religion are invariably one religious person killing another religious person, not "killing a scientist," after all. And war is not scientist vs. scientist: it is general vs. general.
The world is not set up into Science vs. Religion like a chess game.
2006-12-30 00:31:03 · answer #3 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it depends on the motive. When those weapons
came about, it was because scientists were making discoveries
for other reasons, untill the military got hold of their inventions.
Things done in the name of religion scare me, science
gives me hope for the future.
2006-12-30 00:27:30 · answer #4 · answered by Calee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But science produces things in the name of religion, also. So, who is the real bad guy here?
2006-12-30 00:43:36 · answer #5 · answered by High-strung Guitarist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know really. Throughout the history of mankind I'd say theyre about even. Along with secularism, maybe we should get rid of the world.
2006-12-30 00:37:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People kill people. Technology is intrinsically amoral. It's what certain people do with it that makes it good or bad.
Most religions are intrinsically good. Some people still manage to use them for evil purposes.
2006-12-30 00:35:09 · answer #7 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I still seriously doubt it's killed more than religion...
you're talking 100 years of killing vs. 6,000
and they weren't killing people in the name of science... it's WAY different...
do you really think it has killed anywhere near the number?
but you go ahead and get rid of science... get the Republican party to run on that platform... good luck with all that...
2006-12-30 00:18:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Arguable at best. Science provides a means. Religion provides a motive.
2006-12-30 00:15:13 · answer #9 · answered by balderarrow 5 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Ummmm I doubt it has contributed to as many deaths as religion has over the century's .....but it may in the future....
2006-12-30 00:24:28 · answer #10 · answered by Tina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋