Without religion how far would have humans gotten ? Without science how far would have humans gotten ?

Question

If you could only pick one , which would you ?

Answer 1

Without religion humans would still have no value of human life all the science in the world is not worth the moral advancements religion has brought humanity.

Answer 2

Had Islam not been around Arabs would not have pursued knowledge.

Muslims translated and preserved many great works of the Europeans. This is what helped them to advance in many fields such as Medicine, Chemistry, Maths, Astronomy, Architecture, Philosophy, Poetry and many others it is no exaggeration to say, without the contribution of the Islamic world there would have been no European Renaissance.

“The early Muslims are credited with inventing distillation and could distil just about anything - from alcohol to perfume. Hygiene is very important in the Muslim world so they invented and manufactured soap - centuries before the West - and hundreds of bathhouses were built throughout Muslim cities. They understood the fundamentals of light and how we see, and gave us the camera obscura. They invented algebra and worked out the angle of the tilt of the earth. They built the first windmill, pioneered the concept of the crank rod, and designed the first ever torpedo. Muslim creativity also led to the invention of a unique instrument called the astrolabe – it could find the direction of Makkah, tell the time and, with the help of the stars, navigate you across deserts and oceans. But perhaps most important of all they pursued the cause of knowledge, translating and preserving the works of the ancients and building the world's largest libraries – their 'houses of wisdom'.”

Open University on BBC Programme “What the Ancients Did for Us”
http://www.open2.net/whattheancients/islamicworld.html

Answer 3

without religion there would be no science, without science there would be no religion.
Albert Einstien

if i stated "there is a pie for you and your friends on the counter"
you would tell you friends, but that is your belief there is no science to it.
not untill you go to see, then if the poie is there science is now in play.

beliefs and science go hand in hand , to give one self purpose we humans seem to need both, ist just which one do you wish to stand up and speak about?
even those who do not bekieve in christ still have a belief...that there is no christ...and a christian believes that there is a christ.

so humanity would not have gotten far without either, they seem to go hand in hand. even acient civilizations before christ had beliefs of a greater power.

i you keep pondering this you may find yourself very shocked by some of your own discoveries.
have fun

Answer 4

Without religion, we'd have never even made it out of pre-history. Without science, there'd have been no point in making it out of pre-history.

Each has its role to play in the development of a culture and a civilization. Religion is not only vital, but NECESSARY for child-cultures, that is, cultures who have yet to develop sufficient mathematics upon which to begin basing logical thought. During the adolescence of a culture, the two need to coexist, preferably respectfully, with religion yielding ground gracefully on facts and reshaping itself into something more and more ephemeral until it fades entirely and the civilization becomes a fully actualized civilization.

To demand one or the other is to fail to understand the historic cycles that humanity has passed through and the necessity of both. However, it is time in this current cycle for the passing of religion. I think we might, MIGHT, just possibly finally be at the point of adulthood, but we won't know until we take that step.

Answer 5

When science reach a level of knowing, when no further knowing is there. Its realization. However faith takes there without so much effort without knowing so many things of science. Religion is simply a platform to built that faith. Little bit of knowing by science and little bit of venturing in unknown avenues keeps life in beautiful colors.

Answer 6

Has our modern, industrialized, computerized world become a better place to live? I don't think so.

Some things, like modern medicine, are very nice. But on the other hand, things like WMD, pollution, overcrowding, rampant crime, etc, etc, etc, seem to more than offset the good.

On the other hand, religion still brings true peace to people. The timeless truths continue to be relevant and vitally important. So if I could only have one, the choice seems obvious. Religion.

Answer 7

(True) Science is simply the order God gave things. Miracles are the 'exception to the rule' things.
So there is no conflict; just a reality that they are different.
'Religion' is a term one should be careful with; religion may only get a being so far; a relationship with Christ should be superior to religion for many people presently.

Answer 8

Science. But people will always grasp for something intangible to explain phenomena, disasters, tragedy, and coincidence in their lives, so it's not like religion is displaced in any sense. But I've seen greater strides through science...not to say some developments haven't come about through divine inspiration. Anytime I see an ancient cathederal, I'm dazzled by the engineering and architectural achievement as well as the splendor of the building.

Answer 9

Both religion and science are based on conjecture and theory which have held mankind back for too long.
I am sure you have heard the phrase "the Truth will set you Free".

Answer 10

Another question that needs to be asked is:

"How far would science and learning and education have gotten, without the support and patronage of the Catholic Church?"

Not very far, I'm afraid.

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