brit, It is said that philosophy was the forerunner of science. Tell me, why was Galileo jailed or why Darwin deferred his theories for so long.
People who have separated religion from the class rooms have benifitted. Countries who still don't allow anthropology and astrophysics to be studied in their countries would never progress in these fields.
For example, Israel and some Islamic countries have managed to make nuclear bombs but that's because Torah or the Quran doesn't talk anything about nuclear physics. But unfortunately, they have not made any significant strides in space research...the reason being, they still probably believe in the creation theory and the story of seven heavens above and seven hells below us.
Countries like Israel and Japan have learnt from their hardships in the past and have not allowed their religions to come in the way of their progress. China is doing well for many other reasons and not because of its religious orientations.
brit, It is said that philosophy was the forerunner of science. Tell me, why was Galileo jailed or why Darwin deferred his theories for so long.
People who have separated religion from the class rooms have benifitted. Countries who still don't allow anthropology and astrophysics to be studied in their countries would never progress in these fields.
For example, Israel and some Islamic countries have managed to make nuclear bombs but that's because Torah or the Quran doesn't talk anything about nuclear physics. But unfortunately, they have not made any significant strides in space research...the reason being, they still probably believe in the creation theory and the story of seven heavens above and seven hells below us.
Countries like Israel and Japan have learnt from their hardships in the past and have not allowed their religions to come in the way of their progress. China is doing well for many other reasons and not because of its religious orientations.