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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 8:16 pm
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I'm taking introduction to Philosophy next semester, which should prove to be very interesting. When I signed up, I began thinking about what would have happened had I took religious studies, and I went through a series of mental segues that led to me thinking of things religion has failed to accomplish. I remembered that faith did little to prevent the black plague, and it became me trying to determine what science has done by comparison. I came up with the following:
-Invention, militarization, commercialization, and perfection of flight in less than 70 years. -Birth of avionics, orbital flight, and lunar travel in less than 70 years. -Vaccination for polio -Vaccination for smallpox -Penicillin and other antibiotics -The invention and perfection of computers and the internet in less than 50 years.
Keep in mind, these are all things from 1900-2000 alone, and I'm curious to find out what others there were in that same timeframe.
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 8:52 pm
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 9:30 pm
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 9:49 pm
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 10:35 pm
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 8:29 am
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lilraine Religious people did back then what they still tend to do now... they draw on whatever vision of god would best suit their needs. when people need god to be loving, they draw on his alleged mercyful side. when they're at war or otherwise pissed off they draw on his vengeful side. In truth, god has to be the oldest case of schizophrenia I've ever heard of. Either that, or the worst case of bipolar disorder the world has ever known.
It's funny you mention that, because in General Psych last year, we were talking about possible early cases of schizophrenia and mental instability, and the topic of Legion came up. People up through even the middle ages believed that insanity was caused by demons and evil spirits (at least for the most part...there were of course those revolutionary thinkers who did think that there was something wrong with their brains and not their souls), and that's probably one of the biggest reasons that religion is a detriment to human progress.
The archaic belief in the immortal soul still lingers in today's society. For example, there is no medical reason you should not wake a sleepwalker. This myth came about during the middle ages, when people believed that a sleeping person's soul was separate from their body. If you woke a sleepwalker, the soul may not be able to find its way back. Covering your mouth when you yawn is also part of the same category of mythology...people believed your soul would escape if you didn't cover it.
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 12:01 am
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