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Old 09-21-2014, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Yes, as I said upthread religion isn't testament to our unintelligence, but our immorality. Many of the brightest scientists and scholars in history were Christian theologians, namely Thomas Aquinas, and the originators of the scientific method were indeed largely Christian or at the very least deistic. It has certainly helped us along in the past, and you're right - I do owe it to myself to study more of it, it is an enlightening subject on which you could spend a lifetime of reading.
I have always wondered what advantage morality is in the evolutionary worldview. It goes directly against survival of the fittest.