Would it be better for our world if more people studied science and technology instead of religion?

Question

Our human race needs everything it can get to be able to exist for a long, long time. So it would be better for people to focus their mindpower on ongoing issues. Instead of worrying about religion, we could be worried about AIDS and cancer, global warming, and economic issues, etc.

Relgion is fine, but it is based off of old beliefs, and it really isn't productive to preach about it. Instead, let's focus on current and futuristic issues that will affect our families for the next several generations.

In 1000 years, people will be more worried about breathing clean air than what the old testament says.

And I know there are religious people who care about these things, I would just rather have religious people devote all of their attention to these issues instead of religion.

pljohnson2, thanks for worrying about fairytales instead of matters that will help the human existance. way to go pal.

Answer 1

Dear Idiocracy69,
Your words ring true. The hearts of America are with you. Whatever you do, you must not vote republican this year. If you vote democrat there stands a greater chance of not having to deal with as much religious ridiculousness. Thanks.

- Poop

Answer 2

Absolutely. Science is the most precious tool that humans have. With knowledge, humans can survive longer than other species. Some tools can also bring about the extinction of our species (in the form of atomic weaponry), so it's important that everyone understands science. It's a matter of responsibility.

Part for part, science does more for people in the world today than a prayer or studying theological concepts that have no evidence in favor of them (making debate pointless). But have you ever had a child that did not die from the black plague or malnutrition? My point entirely. Thank the scientists.

Answer 3

It would not. If the "Religious" would learn what there religion is about then we would have more time to attend to other matters. If some Christians would focus more on what God wants from us we'd have less judgmental Christians, if Muslims would focus on loving their god then we'd have less of them blowing them selves up for an easy way into heaven. If Atheist would focus more on their godless world then they might find a cure for AIDS. Preaching is productive, it is that pep talk that we need to put us back on the right path. How many churches go around the world feeding people, sheltering people, helping people find jobs, and sent them to schools, and in some cases build schools all in the name of God? Sounds productive to me.

Answer 4

we absolutely should quit worrying about religion and try to improve in science and technology.
religion causes nothing but wars (at least with extremists--and that's enough to show that we don't need religion).
and then how christians are trying to make it illegal to have an abortion. who the hell are they to say what someone else can and can't do? and it would help in stem cell research...but no. the christians would rather save a fetus who doesn't even know it's being killed or saved instead of saving a living, thinking human being that is paralyzed.
religion is stupid.

Answer 5

You can't find a cure for cancer or AIDS by studying religion. Religion doesn't increase the sizes of crops or put humans into space. Religion doesn't help epileptics or diabetes. Science and technology does.

Answer 6

Yeah, what the world really needs is for the technologists to develop smaller and more powerful weapons, while at the same avoiding any kind of teaching to the effect that we should not be using weapons on each other. Yeah, that will work out just fine.

Answer 7

It's end up to the same "place". Awesome.

Either way is the same, the objective is awesome, enlightened.

Whichever easier, everybody are different;
The problem is too many dont reach anything, no matter which way they started from. Through science or religion.

Going to school and going to church doesn't mean much until you put it in real experience of life through researches, through trials and errors, through pains and joys, through illusions and factuals.

Answer 8

Heyyyyyyyyyy....

Well. I know where you oft go with questions. There are plenty about science I can hardly bring myself to dignify with an answer... gases... jesus man.

This one is quick & easy though.

No.

You know I'm half anti most peoples gods anyway but that doesn't devalue the study.

All of the most evolved and enlightened cultures of the world thought highly enough of a well rounded education to sell me on trying to at least make a good attempt at understanding as many potential facets of life as possible.

This doesn't mean giving credibility to the incredulous.

To me, since I was very, very young, meant being able to put up a good arguement - even if only in the interest in understanding and not in the interest of making a point. You can't discuss things intelligently which you don't undertstand - so if you'd like to live a full life there's no excuse for overlooking any aspect of reality, even philosophy.

Heck I'd be much more inclined to maintain a civil demeanor towards religious people if they could just hold a conversation about anything that has to do with the universe we live in.

I don't see quite why it has to be so offensive to them. I'm more than happy to enjoy and consider the possibility of the word of god they hold dear. I'd just like to talk about the force that holds them from floating into the sun (where they belong) without them thinking they need to stab me in the face, NINE TIMES.

As people learn or grow into the mindset of dried cement and are no longer able to enjoy rolling around the possiblities of existence in their mind .. They're no longer human. They've atrophied onto a crutch of faux happiness.

BACK ONTO YOUR QUESTION - what a drunken tangent;

No, our human race is doomed anyway. I mean. Depending on your idea of long term anyway - there are many ways to look at it. What about, for example, far in the future when the universe has expanded so far that people in the galaxy will no longer be able to see any scientific evidence that there is anything else in the whole universe? (nor has ever been)

It is happening, it will happen. If we parish or lose all that we have learned in the future people may never again gain the understanding we've reached. It may even be disputable!

Before then as I recall the solarsystem will be gone. Being able to sustain life and get far enough away in time doesn't seem that reasonable. (as far as being able to sustain the species)

what's funny is that you can look all these issues up and see it is very clearly logically the only accepted point of view in the world - and it happens to leave humanity dealing with its entire existence in the same way I feel we should spend our individual lives.

So yes, putting more effort into research is good. To that end I think if it is to amount to anything I think it should be focused on the technology singularity.

The point that is probably comining in humanity where we finally develop a thinking technology that expands our scientific and technological ability by huge leaps and bounds by the moment. Solving all the problems that could have taken humanity an eternity. (yes, could be skynet all over again, many theorists feat this, where do you think sci-fi comes from?)

Because it is using our ability to do more than simple animals that leads us to the point where our ambitions may be out of reach but our ability to create technology to fix our problems for us isn't.

I do agree in some way, at least based on the idea behind it with the rest of your question but- I don't know if you're short sighted or if you give humanity too much credit...

I could think of so many episodes of my favorite sci-fi shows that spend so much time attacking your issues from so many angles... so much music by so many phenominal bands from all over the world who have such entertaining and insightful things to say... I wish we could just AIM direct connect and exchange all this data....... It makes everything so much more interesting and even day-to-day experience so much more insightful.

...the now is always, the here is everywhere...

................*moan* I didn't even get drunk.. I'm just so buzzed and tired I don't have the energy to consider spelling, grammer or even linearity...

Answer 9

Religion is not something to be studied it is to be lived. Religion is actually faith. No matter the path you walk or what faith you are it is the living that counts. Science is but a tool to aide us in making a better life for us but if you place no value in it you lack the faith to use it. science is but the progress of man down the centuries. Tools inwhich we shape our world for better or worse. But wothout the moral and spiritual center to guide us science could just as well destroy us.

Answer 10

"Well it was science and technology that created the nuclear bombs and.."

..lolwut, I'm sorry, what was that?

You seem to be forgetting about countless squabbles and bickering, not to mention all out WARS that began because of religion.

And as to answer the OP's question, both science and religion have their benefits. Science more for the here and now, helping prevent and cure disease, and religion for maintaining hope for the future, no matter how unfounded that hope is.