Why is there a correlation between newly found scientific data, and religious acceptance?

Question

Old time religion did not like the idea of the Earth not being flat. I think some people got beat up, burned, and deaded for that.
What if they found out there was vegetation on Mars, there was other galaxies, you could put ketchup, mayonaise, jelly, in squeeze bottles? Zealots will kill us all for drinking out of a cup, instead of drinking out of the holy river with our hands?

Answer 1

I like that, got deaded.....

Answer 2

Actually the bible does say the earth is a sphere. The idea of flat earthers is kind of amusing. There is even a popular myth that some were afrad that Columbus would fall of the edge of the earth. Most schools knew quite along time before that that is was spherical and had even closely guessed its size. The myth that Christians were afraid of falling off the edge of the earth ca be attributed to the writings of Washinton Irving. This appears in his fictional book History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Colmbus 1828.

Answer 3

Obviously as knowledge becomes more readily accesible the kind of thinking that questions mindfully causes a decline in misunderstood religious concepts. the uneducated are puddy in the hands of the preacher.
By the way do you know where I can find a virgin to throw down a vulcano my gas costs really need to be curbed and this is the only means I know ...?

Answer 4

Religion can no longer deny science. It is too definite. A religion must learn to use science to reshape and fix older religious concepts to come to truer enlitenment. As Einstein once said, "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. "

Answer 5

Is correlation the correct word?