Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Religion a determent?


Read this article...What do you think? 



There was a ton of bashing religion in the comments and lumping all religions together that I had to respond so I said: 

I love how quick people are to bash religion...is it really the reason for the lack of advancement? Keep in mind that not all religions are the same....for example the reason that you have all of these advancements is because of 
not in spite of religion....many of the old universities started as religious institutions. In the US alone the great Universities Harvard, Yale etc...were religious institutions to begin with....Theology was not called "the queen of the sciences" for nothing..The logic and philosiphical matrix that was used in Theology was applied to many of the other sciences.Lets be serious here Religion can be quite debilitating
but lets not put them all under the same banner ok? Not the same... Sure Gunpowder was made in china but where was it perfected ? In "religiously held back medieval Europe" where it was harnessed for warfare...and not to mention the other advancements in Art, Science and Military Sciences. This was not in spite of but because of the system that was fostered through Christianity. History will present a more accurate picture of Christianity's affect on the world (and by extension religion's) --in short Religion was a determent but also a 'boon' --Sorry for the long explanation**

I'm not entirely sure when people became so ignorant of Christianity's contribution...(and of course I could be wrong...) but to the best of my knowledge I think this is a fact that shouldn't be overlooked...

This author does make some good points...though....

The Victory of Reason by Rodney Stark

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