What if the science finally defeats all the theories told by a religion? Will the followers admit it, will they deny it, or will they try to find a way to fit their religion into science?
It has been so long time that religion becomes obstacle in the development of science. They say it is unethical, exceeding human nature, or cheating the destiny. Let's count:
- Medication, artificial immunity, aesthetic medical treatment, cloning, surrogate womb, head transplantation, to the research of resurrection.
- The genetic engineering.
- The theory of heliocentric, rejection to the idea of sending people to land on the moon, the debate of flat earth versus globe earth, to sending probes to find extraterrestrial life.
- The birth control.
- The theory of evolution.
- The idea of enhancing the quality of life, the requirement to wear safety equipment and requirement to raise safety standard.
- And so on.
I do quite often hear some people around me saying "Why do people conduct useless research? Why do they send spaceship? Why do they collect climate data, marine-related data, biodiversity data? Why do they conduct research on atom? Why do they conduct research on the origin of life? Why do they explore the space?" and so on. To them, worshiping their god to get His heaven after death is more important than being real in life. They forget they have been enjoying the convenient life thanks to scientists who have discovered the secret of nature.
They prefer to plainly accept the information that is written in their holy book. They are never encouraged to be critical. It is taboo to ask anything that has been written in their holy book. Meanwhile, the book has been centuries old now and often conflicts with the current development. I hear too many noise and rejection from them.
When human finally can play God, will the religion survive?
When human finally can play God, will the religion survive?
