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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
This whole conversation reminds me of "Contact". Sure the crazy preacher guy extremist was against building the new technology - man playing God, if God wanted us in outer space he would have made it easier, progress is the work of Satan. And the pure reasoning ambitious scientist was going to have this ship built no matter what. It was those in the middle of the two extremes that had to build the bridges between the two communities.
Religion *IS* limiting some forms of science. Stem cell research. Gene therapy.
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Religion is limiting stem cell research in the same way the government is limiting your ability to own a Lamborghini: They don't want to pay for it.