If the inquisition and other actrocities and setbacks in the name of religion had never happened, do you think we would be living the science fiction life today that people like Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Gene Roddenberry dreamed up?
Not to say that religion would have never existed but rather had never had setbacks in early science and astronomy and other discoveries that might have been discovered hundreds of years ago had it not been for religious fear, censorship, and condemnation at the hands and minds of extremism in religion.
So, if religion had never been so extreme and hundreds of years ago we were allowed to advance without religious setbacks, like the inquisition, would we be more advanced?Perhaps even have settlements on the Moon or Mars?How far do you think we might have advanced without religious setbacks?
2007-01-21 23:16:18 · 11 answers · asked by BuckFush 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I completely believe that religion has held us back... but I also feel that it was inevitable.
Religion is an expression of fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of change, fear of losing control. This history of humanity is one of learning and progress, so there's no way we could have spontaneously decided to just cast off all fears and live unfettered, we had to learn to do that over time. Trial and error.
I now believe that religion is unnecssary and counter-productive. We've learned enough to be able to believe in ourselves and each other, and don't have to have that "big brother in the sky" looking out for us.
Plus, with all we know about the history of religion, it seems clear to me that it is no more than willful dedication to a pleasing lie. Those that speak of faith are really speaking of blind faith. Which means that they believe in a particular religion over another for no better reason than that they really, really want to.
2007-01-21 23:38:14 · answer #1 · answered by Eldritch 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I feel we are about to undergo a worldwide disaster. And we
have been given the tools to have made fleets of spacecraft
by now, that could have lifted most of humanity from the planet to be safe until afterward. Why haven't we achieved this?
Mostly due to corruptoin over money. Holding back progress,
and ignorance. Talking like Creation will fall apart because
we took a few rocks from the moon.
Man simply doesn't like change. And he will find plenty of excusus to resist it. But if we don't roll with the Wheel of Change, we will be crushed by it. That has been the fate of many peoples.
2007-01-22 07:25:53 · answer #2 · answered by Sadeek Muhammad 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unlikely. Although religion begins with all the answers and discourages intelligent enquiry, they're quick enough to back down when people discover new medicines as a result of that enquiry, or provide them with things that make their lives easier. So I don't think religion has had the deleterious effect it could be claimed to have.
It's possible more people would have been thinking in ways that would have assisted progress if they hadn't been hidebound into religious dogma. And notwithstanding Christians' efforts to stop the teaching of proper science in American schools, they're on a hiding to nothing in the long run. And they know it in their hearts.
2007-01-22 07:29:11 · answer #3 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Really hard to say. Remember that while the Catholic Church was attempting to squash science, great advances were being made in Islamic countries.
The Vatican was also funding research into things they'd never admit to, at least back then.
Bush limited U.S. research into stem cells, but that really just meant more European interest, funding, etc.
What you're hypothesizing is very possible, perhaps even likely, but we just can't know. What is absolutely certain is the harm from today's corporate sponsorship of research. They have their own bottom line at heart, not our health or best interests.
2007-01-22 07:36:59 · answer #4 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am sure we would have been more advanced, and woman would have fought for thier rights a lot sooner. Maybe humans could have even squashed the nuclear arms race, had we not been kept in the dark by religion.
2007-01-22 07:24:20 · answer #5 · answered by Lukusmcain// 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christaianity has nothing to do with people holding back Knowledge, In fact the bible says in the last days, knowledge shall increase, But their spiritual knowledge shall increase more that that of Man, So what is holding bak your knowledge, It is satan Because he don't want you to know the Truth
2007-01-22 07:33:48 · answer #6 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes thay are still dowing try to stop stem cells and cloneing religion is are bigest problem thay want us back into the dark ages
2007-01-22 07:59:28 · answer #7 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, Newton... all had one thing in common. They were Christians.
2007-01-22 07:48:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion has allowed you to MAKE progress whether you believe it or not.
Without religion, all would be chaos. Where do you think the basis for all morality comes from?
2007-01-22 07:29:19 · answer #9 · answered by kenny p 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No not at all I think it is religioun that helps us advance.
2007-01-22 07:19:48 · answer #10 · answered by Mim 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋