i think religion has held back human advancement more than it has helped. look at how far advanced the Romans were at their height, compared to the dark ages that followed after Christianity was born. you had the Roman church imprisoning Galileo for trying to advance scientific thinking, and calling Charles Darwin a heretic. and today you have the church telling an AIDS plagued Africa to not use condoms, fighting against stem cell research, and schools in America actually debating on whether to teach creationism over evolution
every religion in the world seems focused on tradition, faith in old beliefs, and very hesitant to change. that flies in the face of advancement
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