Belief in black magic is common in some parts of rural India, despite the country's robust economic growth and cutting-edge high-technology industries.
Dozens of women are murdered each year after being accused of witchcraft.
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSDEL13090920070503?feedType=RSS
2007-05-10 10:27:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. It's slow but accelerating.
Consider that it was thousands of years that we believed primitive religions. The "Enlightenment" was only a few hundred years ago. Only in the last hundred years have women finally been given more equal status.
There is still a long way to go, but we are making progress, and we're making progress at a faster and faster pace.
2007-05-10 10:30:12 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're the same with cooler toys to play with. Our hopes, fears, dreams, and goals have not shifted that much from 5000 years ago.
2007-05-10 17:33:36 · answer #2 · answered by ADCS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what does it mean to progress? to stop beleiving in withcraft and magic? to become dependant on technology? to become wealthy? economy isnt the only measure of progress is it?
2007-05-10 17:37:18 · answer #3 · answered by DonJuan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we are slowly going forward. It takes time, man. Geological time, not pitiful human lifetime.
2007-05-10 17:30:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The west is no different.
We've just changed what it is we pick on to distinguish ourselves. Thats all.
2007-05-10 17:30:06 · answer #5 · answered by Bloke Ala Sarcasm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋