On 16/04/2021 08:19, #Paul wrote:
Commander Kinsey wrote:
You have to wonder how far we would be today if religion
had not impeded science.
You've pre-loaded the statement; since it is reasonable to believe
that at least in some cases religion has impeded science, is is only
natural to make the follow-on assumption that science would have been
further advanced. Well, unless the impediment was somehow such that it
slowed science so as to avoid some sort of science based global
catastrophe; perhaps a nuclear war at a time when people were less
averse to mass slaughter and less aware of the global consequences.
Alternatively you could argue that science would be far behind its
current state without the support and championing by regions over the
centuries...
e.g.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age
--
Cheers,
John.
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