2009-01-17, 12:13 PM
TehMatt Wrote:Religion has oppressed science a lot. Granted I am talking mostly about Western religion being that I haven't studyed too hard on Eastern religions. Some people may be in correct in practicing their religion, but human kind hasn't. Humans (obviously not including every single human that has ever walked the planet) justify crimes against humanity with their religion. This isn't only limited to the Westeren religions either for example the Japanese's belief that the emporer was a god is what fueled their fanatical views in WWII. As well as Hinduism's catse system causes many lower level people to suffer. As for "why" and "how". Does there even have to be a reason why we live? Why we feel? Why we believe these things? Why we hate? etc. Could it not be a freak accident that our planet devoloped the way it did? Do humans really have to be so glorious? Can't we just accept we are a freak accident? Merely explain how we became to be in a way that has real evidence supporting it. Proving is not possible because for now we cannot see how we really formed, but we can put together sufficient believeable evidence of why we are the way we are.
Religion has only oppressed science that disproves certain elements in their view. Example is Galileo's theory about Earth orbiting the Sun, Darwin's theory. Galileo's theory had no place to set Heaven and Hell, but the former theory how the solar system was made had lots of place to Heaven and Hell. Darwin's theory says that humans developed from bacteria, not that humans were made in the image of God.
I myself feel somewhat scared to be under a boss/president which is very religious and believe in a religion that concludes that some sort of human is less worth than others. Take Christianity, just because that is the most common religion. If you don't believe in Christianity, then take a look in the ten commandments: "Do not have any other gods before me.". Christianity has also killed several women that have been wise, thus assumed to be witches. Witches = bad thing, they shall be killed because they are dangerous. From what Christianity says. Or that they believe that some people speak through a human. (wat, dunno if this is srs tho)
All other major religions, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism (somewhat) and so forth states that other humans are less worth than others.